The Effects of Initial y plus: Numerical Analysis of 3D NACA 4412 Wing Using γ-Reθ SST Turbulence Model
Abstract
In this numerical study,
the effects of the initial y plus,
which is a dimensionless wall distance, on the results of aerodynamic
coefficients of designed a wing using NACA 4412 airfoil are investigated. For
this purpose, the wing is designed and external flow analysis is carried out
according to constant altitude. ANSYS Fluent, which is a Computational Fluid
Dynamics (i.e. CFD) program and solves the problems according to the Finite Volume
Method (i.e. FVM), is used for external flow analysis. Pressure-based method is
used for numerical studies. Thus, the differences of coefficients on the wall,
which are the results of the change in the initial
y plus, are calculated ideally.
Because of one of the best methods to solve the problems on transition zone, γ-Reθ SST turbulence model is
used for this study. Using this model for each analysis, first element heights
(i.e. the distance to the nearest wall) are calculated according to 9 different
y plus (i.e. 1, 5, 10, 30, 45, 60,
75, 90, 105). According to the first element heights, the inflation layers are
created on the wing and the 3D control volumes are formed along the boundary
region. To be more comprehensible, orthogonal quality-skewness values,
expressing the quality of control volumes, are presented for each boundary. The
changes in lift coefficients and drag coefficients on the same wing according
to these 9 different y plus are
presented numerically. In addition, obtained results are evaluated and as
described in the literature, it is observed that to calculate the aerodynamic forces
with the γ-Reθ SST turbulence
model is directly proportional to the initial
y plus. As a consequence, this paper demonstrates that there are obvious differences
detection of separation and determination of reattach region of flow occurring
on the wing according to the initial y
plus.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Tuğrul Oktay
0000-0003-4860-2230
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 31, 2019
Submission Date
October 8, 2019
Acceptance Date
November 7, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Number: 17
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