Open AccessSimulation of Model Force-Loading with Changing Its Position in the Wind Tunnel Test Section
Author(s) -
В. Т. Буй,
Alexander Khlupnov
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nauka i obrazovanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1994-0408
DOI - 10.7463/0415.0765177
Subject(s) - section (typography) , wind tunnel , position (finance) , test (biology) , geology , structural engineering , engineering , simulation , aerospace engineering , computer science , paleontology , finance , economics , operating system
When planning and implementing an aerodynamic experiment, model sizes and its position in the test section of the wind tunnel (WT) play very important role. The paper focuses on the value variations of the aerodynamic characteristics of a model through changing its position in the WT test section and on the attenuation of the velocity field disturbance in front of the model. Flow around aerodynamic model profile in the open test section of the low-speed WT T-500 is simulated at BMSTU Department SM3. The problem is solved in a two-dimensional case using the ANSYS Fluent package. The mathematical model of flow is based on the Reynolds equations closed by the SST turbulence model. The paper also presents the results of the experiment. Experiments conducted in WT T-500 well correlate with the calculated data and show the optimal position in the middle of the test section when conducting the weighing and drainage experiments. Disturbance of tunnel dynamic pressure (velocity head) and flow upwash around the model profile and circular cylinder in the WT test section is analyzed. It was found that flow upstream from the front stagnation point on the body weakly depends on the Reynolds number and obtained results can be used to assess the level of disturbances in the flow around a model by incompressible airflow