Application of a lagrangian particle tracking scheme in a body-fitted coordinate system

James R. Valentine, Rand A. Decker

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Abstract

In the interest of assessing airfoil performance in heavy rain, a Lagrangian particle tracking scheme for a general body-fitted coordinate system has been developed and linked with a thin layer incompressible Navier-Stokes code. As raindrops impact an airfoil surface, splashed back droplets are accelerated by the air flow field, de-energizing the boundary layer and leaving it more susceptible to separation. Using an iterative particle-source-in-cell approach, a two-way coupled two-phase flow scheme has been developed to model this phenomenon. A body-force-like momentum source/sink term is added to the Navier-Stokes equations to account for the effect of particle drag on the air flow field. Results show a rain-induced decrease in airfoil lift due to premature flow separation that is qualitatively similar to that observed in experimental investigations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNumerical Methods in Multiphase Flows
PublisherPubl by ASME
Pages39-46
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0791813681
StatePublished - 1994
EventProceedings of the 1994 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Part 9 (of 18) - Lake Tahoe, NV, USA
Duration: Jun 19 1994Jun 23 1994

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Volume185

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1994 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Part 9 (of 18)
CityLake Tahoe, NV, USA
Period6/19/946/23/94

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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