Abstract

The main focus of this thesis is on the simulation of flow past a three-dimensional wing-body configuration (DLR-F6) in ground effect; a complex 3D wing-body configuration in ground effect has never been analyzed in the aerodynamics literature to date. For the purpose of validation of the simulation approach, computations are performed for the DLR-F6 wing-body in unbounded flow and are compared with the experimental data. The commercial CFD solver ANSYS FLUENT is employed for computations. Compressible Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations in conjunction with Spalart-Allmaras (SA) and - Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence models are solved. The validated code is employed to calculate the flow field in ground effect; the effects of flight heights above the ground and angle of attack on the aerodynamic properties and flow field are analyzed.

Committee Chair

Ramesh Agarwal

Committee Members

Ramesh Agarwal, Swami Karunamoorthy, Qiulin Qu

Comments

Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K78C9VNS

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

Author's Department

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Author's School

McKelvey School of Engineering

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

Spring 5-18-2017

Language

English (en)

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