Compressible Flow Course 1

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics
1. Introduction
NUMERICAL METHODS FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS
Elizabeth Mickaily-Huber, Dominique Charbonnier, Jan B. Vos
course@cfse.ch
CFS Engineering, PSE-

PSE-A, CH-
CH-1015 Lausanne
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The course lecturers
Dr. Elizabeth Mickaily Huber Dr. Dominique Charbonnier Dr. Jan B. Vos
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Contents todays’ lecture
• Some words on who we are
• An example of studies we make
• Outline of the course
• Preparation of next week’s lecture
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Practical details
Please switch off your mobile phones
Course notes (polycopies) are the ones prepared by Dr. Alain Drotz + copies of the
powerpoint presentations on the website of LIN
Please interrupt me to ask questions if something is not clear. Questions to me can be
asked in English, French, German and Dutch
Exercises: two of the course days are reserved for exercises in a computer room
Exam: orally, on the last day we will explain how the exam will be done
I have the habit to speak rapidly, please let me know if I go to fast !
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Who I am
Some words about myself

Studied Aerospace Engineering at Delft University in the Netherlands,
specialization Theoretical Aerodynamics. Master degree in 1982 on the
development of a 1D CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code for Magneto
Hydrodynamic Flow simulations
PhD in 1987 at the Delft University of Technology, topic Combustion in Solid Fuel
Ramjets (development of a 2D CFD code with combustion)
Worked at EPFL from 1987 to 1999, mainly on the development of 3D CFD
codes for Aerospace Applications
Founded CFS Engineering in 1999 and continued to work on the use and
development of CFD codes
A large experience in developing and using CFD codes for a wide variety of
applications
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who we are: CFS Engineering
• CFS Engineering (Computational Fluids & Structures)

is a spin-off company created in 1999 and located at the Business park of
EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
• The major shareholder of CFS Engineering is RUAG Aerospace
Mission of CFS Engineering
To offer services in the numerical simulation of

Fluid Mechanics and Structural Mechanics problems
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CFS Engineering – what do we do
Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations using the NSMB CFD

code
Grid generation for fluid mechanics problems
Post-processing and analysis of the results

Coupled fluid dynamics-structural mechanics simulations using NSMB
Adaptation of the NSMB code for specific applications
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CFS Engineering
CFS Engineering – available tools
Ansys ICEM CFD Tetra, Prism and Hexa for mesh generation
Baspl++ and Paraview for visualization
B2000 for structural mechanics simulations
NSMB in house CFD code

Cluster of 10 Linux dual core PC’s for computing
Several Linux PC workstations (organized in a cluster too)
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CFS Engineering: NSMB code
CFS Engineering: NSMB CFD code (1)

The NSMB code was initially developed at EPFL in 1991. From 1994 to 2003 it
was further developed in the so called NSMB project, composed of KTH
(Stockholm), SAAB Military Aircraft (Linkoping), CERFACS (Toulouse), Airbus
France (Toulouse) and EPFL (Lausanne).
Today NSMB is further developed in a consortium composed of RUAG

Aerospace (Emmen), IMFT (Toulouse), IMFS (Strassbourg), TU Munchen, Univ.
of the Army (Munchen), ASTRIUM-ST (Les Mureaux), EPFL, ETHZ and CFS
Engineering.
NSMB offers all functionalities which can be expected from a modern CFD tool
used in the Aerospace industry (turbulence modeling, numerical schemes,
moving grids, flexibility for complex geometries).
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CFS Engineering: NSMB code (2)

CFS Engineering maintains the NSMB code, and is responsible for the
parallelization of NSMB. CFS Engineering is working with PhD Students at
EPFL and ETHZ to extend the code with new turbulence and physical
models.
CFS Engineering is working with SMR SA in Bienne to extend NSMB for the
simulation of coupled engineering problems (fluid-heat transfer, fluid-
structure).
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CFS Engineering: NSMB code (3)

NSMB has been used by Airbus-France in the design of aircraft (Airbus A330,
A340, A380, A400M).
NSMB is used by ASTRIUM-ST for flows over missiles and re-entry vehicles
(including CFD simulations over the Rafale Fighter Aircraft)
NSMB is used by IMFT in Toulouse to flows over oscillating airfoils and wings,
etc.
NSMB is used by KTH in Stockholm for unsteady simulations over delta wings.
NSMB is used by CFS Engineering and RUAG Aerospace to simulate the flow
over the FA-18 fighter, the flow over UAVs, the flow in base bleed units,
supersonic air intake flows, flows in nozzles, flows over re-entry vehicles, etc.
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CFD: Introduction
Some figures (1)

Question: a numerical simulation that took 24 hours, 365 days in 1980 took how
much time in 2005 ??
1 second (a factor 32 million).
EPFL bought in 1989 a Cray 2 computer for more than 10 Million CHF. Today’s
PC’s cost less than 1’000 CHF and deliver more computing power (a factor
10’000 in price).
CFS Engineering: first PC cluster (1999) costed 20’000 CHF (6 PCs, 3GB total
memory), last PC cluster (2008) costed 10’000 CHF (10 dual core PCs, 40 GB
total memory) and is about 100 times faster.
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CFD: Introduction
Some figures (2)

Over the last 20 years, large investments were made in developing CFD codes:
Improvement of numerical methods including parallel computing

Improvement of physical modeling (turbulence, transition, ..)
The cost reduction of computing power, combined with more efficient numerical
schemes has lead to an increase of use of CFD in industry, since it is cheaper
and faster than experimental testing, and provides better understanding of the
physics.
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CFD: Example of application
An example of an application studied at CFS Engineering
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Example of Application: FA-18 Fighter
Motivations to discuss this example:

• Is concerned with CFD for compressible flows
• Shows an example of the use of CFD in industry
• Contains elements to future simulation environments
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FA-18 studies
RUAG Aerospace and CFS Engineering performed CFD simulations from 2001
to 2007 on the FA-18 fighter.
2001: Compare CFD with Wind tunnel experiments.
2002: Extract Aerodynamic loads from CFD and compare with the
Boeing Loads data base
2003: Sensitivity analysis different aircraft configurations
2004: Develop tool for static wing deformation
2005: New grid, study influence LEX fence, unsteady CFD for loads
2006: Dynamic Fluid Structure Interaction, influence SIWA fins on
loads
2007: Study of Vertical Tail Buffeting
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Components FA-
FA-18 Fighter – CFD model 2005
VTAIL
aft fuselage
center fuselage
HSTAB
TEF
forward fuselage
SIWA
OLEF
wing root ILEF
wing fold LEX
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Grid Generation FA-

FA-18
Different aircraft configurations with and without weapons or fuel tanks
! various control surfaces deflections
Grid generated by ICEM CFD Hexa

contains ~ 14.0 Million grid points
contains around 3000 blocks
Replay files for control surface deflections and components
addition or removal
To permit loads calculation on each aircraft component,
each aircraft component
CAD surface families =
single CAD surface family
Mesh topology faces of a block = single CAD surface family
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Cut on wing
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Comparison CFD and Experiments, Mach=0.5
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Flow Features
Streamlines
Mach = 0.95
Mach number contours

symmetry plan,
Mach = 0.95
Shock wave
canopy and fuselage
near vertical fin
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Aerodynamic Load Studies for the FA-

FA-18 fighter
The US Navy executed in the 1980s a flight test program with an
instrumented FA-18 fighter yielding the so called F4 Flight Test Data Base.
Boeing used this data base to define different load cases for the Swiss
FA-18 fleet, this is the Boeing Loads data base.
These data bases are incomplete for the conditions and usage of
the Swiss FA-18 fighter (Swiss usage of the FA-18 fighter is three
times more severe).
A Full Scale Fatigue Test (FSFT) facility was build at RUAG.
CFD is used to provide the aerodynamic loads for different configurations

(flap deflections, with/without fuel tanks), and flight conditions to
complement the available load data bases.
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Full Scale Fatigue Test rig at RUAG Aerospace
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CFD – Boeing - and Flight data base correlation
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Conclusions Aerodynamic Loads Studies

CFD – Flight load data base correlation:
Much better than CFD Boeing load data base
Computed aerodynamic loads in good agreement with measured loads in

particular for AoA < 10
At AoA > 10: buffet, wing deformation, flow separation, unsteady effects
become important
CFD data makes more sense than Boeing loads data base, in particular on aft
fuselage and horizontal stabilizer
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Wing deformation – Tool Chain (1/4)

CFD NSMB calculation
Transfer CSM grid

Transfer deformation into CFD
CFD loads to surface mesh
CSM loads using FSCON displacement using
FSCON
Fluid solution
CSM calculation
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Transfer CSM grid

FSCON
Red points are the CSM grid

nodes
CSM calculation
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Transfer CSM grid

CSM loads using displacement using
FSCON FSCON
Structural deformation
CSM calculation
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Remeshing and
deformed
Transfer CSM grid
FSCON
undeformed
Adaptation of the mesh
CSM calculation
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Wing deformation – pressure on wing of FA-

FA-18 Fighter
undeformed wing
deformed wing
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Static Deformation – Wing elastic axis
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FA-
FA-18 Unsteady flow simulations
Objective: Assess the influence of unsteady aerodynamic effects on the
aerodynamic loads
How: Unsteady simulations using NSMB

Dual time stepping approach
Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) for the turbulence
Strategy: Result of steady calculation used as initial solution
Assume flow symmetric
0.5 seconds real time simulated
Computing time in the order of 3 weeks (2005)
Pressure and skin friction saved each time step
Complete solution every 20 steps
Amount of data generated in the order of 350 Gbyte per case
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FA-
FA-18 Unsteady flow simulations
Mean value
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Dynamic Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI)
Ingredients for dynamic Fluid Structure Interaction:
- Unsteady CFD solver with ALE formulation

- FSI transfer tool
- CSM solver (modal integration)
- Volume mesh deformation tool
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AGARD 445.6 Wing

The AGARD 445.6 wing was has a 45o quarter chord sweep, and a
constant NACA64A004 symmetric profile
Measurements were made in the NASA Langley Transonic wind

tunnel in 1963 to determine stability characteristics
Most published results are available for the so-called weakened wing
in air
For FSI calculations, four modes are considered, 2 bending modes

and 4 torsional modes
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AGARD 445.6 Wing

Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3 Mode 4
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AGARD 445.6 Wing

CFD Parameters:
Mach = 0.95
Rho_inf = 0.061 kg/m3
P_inf = 3500/4600/7000 Pa
Flutter index = 0.27/0.31/0.37
For this case the flutter boundary has a flutter index of 0.32.
Tests were made using different grid densities, different outer time
steps, different time integration scheme, different values of the
structural damping, different values of inner loop convergence
criterium.
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AGARD 445.6 Wing
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AGARD 445.6 Wing
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FA-
FA-18 C2S825 Load case
Unsteady calculation with and without dynamic FSI
2000 time steps made to simulate 0.5 seconds of real time
Calculation time: about 10 days on a cluster of 10 PCs
Generated more than 1.4 TeraByte of data
Post processing took 2 days
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Flight results
Source: NASA
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Final Remarks FA-

FA-18 studies
An example of the use of CFD in industry has been discussed
In 2001 we used CFD to predict steady aerodynamic forces and loads
In 2007 we used CFD to study coupled CFD-CSM unsteady phenomena
Today people are planning the simulation of the so called digital aircraft (CFD +
Structures + Flight Mechanics)
The way industry is using CFD is changing rapidly !
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CFD: Course Outline
Outline of the Course
The course contains 3 modules
I Introduction to unsteady flows

II Construction of higher order schemes
III Monotonic schemes of higher order
Which corresponds to the modules of the course given by Dr. Alain Drotz in
previous years.
We modified the course, less theory, more directed to the use of numerical
methods in practice.
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CFD: Course Outline
Module I: Introduction to unsteady flows
1. Introduction to the course (today)

2. 3D Euler equations
3. 1D Euler equations
4. Unsteady 1 dimensional flows
5. Introduction to the Riemann problem
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CFD: Course Outline
Module II Construction of higher order schemes
6. Conservative discretization schemes

7. Exercises
8. Classical finite difference schemes
9. Riemann problem and Roe scheme
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CFD: Course Outline
Module III Construction of higher order schemes
10. Roe and AUSM schemes

11. Higher order monotonic schemes
12. Boundary conditions and preparation exercise 2
13. Exercises 2
14. Preparation of Exam and Assessing the quality of numerical
simulations
The order of the lectures may change somewhat !
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CFD: Course Outline
What is a compressible flow?
A compressible flow is a flow for which the density can not be considered
constant.
In general this occurs for air flows with a free stream Mach number larger than
0.3
What is a hypersonic flow?
Flows with a free stream Mach number larger than 5. At very high free stream
Mach numbers chemistry effects become important.
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CFD: Course Outline
Flow over an Airfoil – Mach number contours
Free stream
Mach 0.745
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CFD: Course Outline
Flow over an Airfoil - Cp
Free stream
Mach 0.745
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Navier Stokes equations
The Navier Stokes equations in vector & differential form
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Closure relations for the Navier Stokes equations
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How to solve these equations?
1. The difficulty of solving the Navier Stokes equations are the inviscid or
convective terms => ignore for the moment the viscous terms (they are in
general approximated using 2nd order differences)
2. The compressible Euler and Navier Stokes equations permit
discontinuities in the solution (shock waves, expansion waves). The
numerical formulation needs to resolve these discontinuities.
3. Often different strategies for incompressible or compressible flows due to
the nature of the equations
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The Euler equations – conservative format

Incompressible flows: ρ is
constant, energy equation is
often not needed
Unknowns: p, u, v, w
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To summarize (1)
1. Compressible Euler equations: hyperbolic in time, unknowns are ρ, ρu,

ρv, ρw, ρE, 5 partial differential equations + 2 closure relations. Methods
solving the compressible Euler (or Navier Stokes) equations are in
general called density based.
2. Incompressible Euler equations: mixed parabolic-hyperbolic character,
unknowns are p, u, v, w. The continuity equation is a constraint to find
the pressure, and one can derive a pressure equation from the
continuity and momentum equations. Methods for solving the
incompressible Euler (or Navier Stokes equations) are often called
pressure based due to the solution of a Poisson type equation for the
pressure.
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To summarize (2)
In the last 10 years convergence of the methods

• Incompressible, pressure based methods are extended to compressible
flows by including density gradients in the formulation for the pressure
equation
• Compressible, density based methods are extended to the
incompressible flow regime using pre-conditioning techniques
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Solution methods
Terminology (1)
Partial differential equation
Time discretization
Explicit scheme
Implicit scheme
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Solution methods
Terminology (2)
Spatial discretization: central schemes vs upwind schemes. In the group of
upwind schemes one has also TVD schemes and ENO schemes.
Order of the schemes (spatial and/or in time): is linked to the truncation error
of the numerical discretization. Examples: first order, second order, third
order, etc.
Weak solution: solution which permits discontinuities (shock waves,
expansion waves)
Numerical flux: discretization of the physical flux f(U)
Limiter: is used with upwind schemes, and is a function of gradients to
eliminate oscillations. May give an upwind scheme the TVD property
Monotonic scheme: is represented by a monotonic decreasing or increasing
function
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Solution methods
Terminology (3)
Properties Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) schemes:
• Are monotonic
• Should in principle not generate oscillations near shock waves
• Are stable
• Up to higher order (depends partly on the limiters)
• Are first order near extrema
• Do not always satisfy the entropy condition and thus may lead to wrong
solutions
• Are very suitable for flows with shock waves
• Do not always give good results for low Mach number and incompressible
flows
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Examples
Upstream oscillation,
decrease in amplitude,
wrong location
Uncontrolled
oscillations
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Examples
Dissipation :
smearing out of the solution due to the numerical

viscosity introduced by the space discretization
scheme
Dispersion :
Lagging of the solution due to a numerical

propagation velocity different from the exact one
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Examples
Over/under shoots near shock and expansion waves which are

typical for higher order schemes
Lax - Wendroff
Warming & Beam
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Examples
MacCormack scheme without artificial dissipation
MacCormack scheme with artificial dissipation
TVD scheme of Harten

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Terminology
From PDE to Numerical Solution (1)
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Terminology
From PDE to Numerical Solution (2)
Stability: ensures that the numerical scheme does not permit errors to grow
indefinitely (errors should not be amplified by the numerical scheme)
Consistency: expresses that the discretized equations tend to the differential

equations from which they are derived when ∆t and ∆x tend to zero
Convergence: the numerical solution should approach the exact solution of the
partial differential equation at any point and at any time when ∆t and
∆x tend to zero (ie when the mesh is refined or the time step
reduced)
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The end for today
That’s it for today
Any questions ?
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Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

NUMERICAL METHODS FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS

Elizabeth Mickaily-Huber, Dominique Charbonnier, Jan B. Vos

CFS Engineering, PSE-

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

The course lecturers

• Some words on who we are

• An example of studies we make

• Outline of the course

• Preparation of next week’s lecture

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Please switch off your mobile phones

I have the habit to speak rapidly, please let me know if I go to fast !

Some words about myself

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

• CFS Engineering (Computational Fluids & Structures)

• The major shareholder of CFS Engineering is RUAG Aerospace

Mission of CFS Engineering

To offer services in the numerical simulation of

CFS Engineering – what do we do

Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations using the NSMB CFD

Post-processing and analysis of the results

Adaptation of the NSMB code for specific applications

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

CFS Engineering – available tools

Baspl++ and Paraview for visualization

B2000 for structural mechanics simulations

NSMB in house CFD code

Several Linux PC workstations (organized in a cluster too)

CFS Engineering: NSMB CFD code (1)

Today NSMB is further developed in a consortium composed of RUAG

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

CFS Engineering: NSMB code (2)

CFS Engineering: NSMB code (3)

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Some figures (1)

Some figures (2)

Improvement of numerical methods including parallel computing

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

An example of an application studied at CFS Engineering

Example of Application: FA-18 Fighter

Motivations to discuss this example:

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Grid Generation FA-

Grid generated by ICEM CFD Hexa

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Comparison CFD and Experiments, Mach=0.5

Mach number contours

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Aerodynamic Load Studies for the FA-

A Full Scale Fatigue Test (FSFT) facility was build at RUAG.

CFD is used to provide the aerodynamic loads for different configurations

Full Scale Fatigue Test rig at RUAG Aerospace

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

CFD – Boeing - and Flight data base correlation

Conclusions Aerodynamic Loads Studies

Computed aerodynamic loads in good agreement with measured loads in

Numerical Methods for Compressible Fluid Mechanics

Wing deformation – Tool Chain (1/4)

Transfer CSM grid

Wing deformation – Tool Chain (2/4)

Transfer CSM grid