Date of Award
11-2017
Access Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Department
Graduate Studies
Committee Chair
Dr. William Engblom
First Committee Member
Dr. Reda Mankbadi
Second Committee Member
Dr. Snorri Gudmundsson
Abstract
Accurate numerical prediction of transition onset as well as transition extent is crucial when evaluating the performance of many remotely controlled and autonomous aircraft. The four-equation Menter-Langtry Transitional viscous model in ANSYS Fluent is applied to a number of 2D and 3D airfoils and wings operating within the transitional flow regime, to permit comparison to relevant experimental and numerical results for transition onset, extent, and overall aerodynamic performance. The sensitivity to grid topology and fineness is also examined. With sufficient confidence in the numerical approach, the performance of a well-known high performance R/C glider is examined and compared to results obtained from a vortex-lattice method based approach.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Willems, Jon, "Verification, Validation and Application of Shear Stress Transport Transitional Model to a R/C Aircraft" (2017). Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. 378.
https://commons.erau.edu/edt/378
