A computational study of the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of a flatback airfoil using hybrid RANS-LES

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Stone, Christopher ^a   Barone, Matthew ^b   Lynch, C Eric ^c   Smith, Marilyn J ^c  

^a Computational Science and Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL AEROACOUSTICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FORECASTING; TURBULENCE;

AIRFOIL GEOMETRY; AIRFOIL SURFACES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; TURBINE APPLICATIONS; TURBULENCE SIMULATION;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78549293897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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