ICEM CFD - Meshing

Fluent - Turbulence models comparison

Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number

Flow around an airfoil

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

October 31, 2017

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 ICEM CFD - Meshing
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number

1 ICEM CFD - Meshing

Airfoil
Meshing close to the airfoil
Boundary layers refinement and aspect ratio
2 Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Simulation parameters
k − standard model
k −ω standard model
k −ω SST model
Conclusion
3 Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Re = 100000
Re = 500000
Re = 1000000
Re = 2000000
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil
 ICEM CFD - Meshing Airfoil
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison Meshing close to the airfoil
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number Boundary layers refinement and aspect ratio

BOEING 737 MIDSPAN

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 ICEM CFD - Meshing Airfoil
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison Meshing close to the airfoil
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number Boundary layers refinement and aspect ratio

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 ICEM CFD - Meshing Airfoil
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison Meshing close to the airfoil
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number Boundary layers refinement and aspect ratio

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Parameters of the simulation :

ρ = 1 kg/m3
ν = 1.10−5 m2 /s
Re = 100000
Boundary conditions :
Inlet : velocity inlet. Velocity = 1 m/s, Turbulence intensity
= 1 %, Length scale = 0.25m.
Outlet : pressure outlet. Atmospheric pressure, Turbulence
intensity = 1 %, Length scale = 0.25m.
All the schemes are second order.
cL
To simulate the case with the maximum cD ratio, we use an angle
of 7 degrees.

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for k − standard model

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Figure: Velocity field for k − standard model

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for k −ω standard model

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Figure: Velocity field for k −ω standard model

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for k −ω SST model

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

Figure: Velocity field for k −ω SST model

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Simulation parameters
ICEM CFD - Meshing k − standard model
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison k −ω standard model
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number k −ω SST model
Conclusion

k − standard k −ω standard k −ω SST

cL 0.731 0.745 0.620
cD 0.041 0.062 0.055
ratio 17.82 12.01 11.27

The experiments show that we waiting a ratio ≈ 47. The

simulation are not really close to this value, but we can choose the
k − standard model for the more appropriate model. About the
general aspect of the velocity and pressure field, the results are
realistic (stagnation point; when pressure is minimum ¿ the
velocity is maximal,..).

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

100000 100000

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

100000 zoom 100000 zoom

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

500000 500000

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

500000 zoom 500000 zoom

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

1000000 1000000

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

1000000 zoom 1000000 zoom

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

2000000 2000000

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Figure: Pressure field for Re = Figure: Velocity field for Re =

2000000 zoom 2000000 zoom

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

About the pressure and velocity fields, doesn’t matter the

Reynolds number when we have the stagnation point(velocity
= 0) the pressure is maximum. The velocity are smaller close
to the airfoil due to the boundary layers. On the trailing edge
the velocity are equal to 0 for each cases.
There are not stall for this reynolds (the angle for the
simulation was 0 degree).
The airfoil are not symmetric, so we haven’t the exactly the
same behavior on the pressure side and on the succion side.
The pressure distribution are higher on the stagnation point
and tend to decrease on the x direction on the airfoil. This is
the same case for pressure side and sucction side.

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil

 Re = 100000
Re = 500000
ICEM CFD - Meshing
Re = 1000000
Fluent - Turbulence models comparison
Re = 2000000
Fluent - Simulation for differents Reynolds number
Pressure coefficient comparison
Conclusion

Like we see on the pressure coefficient comparison the

Reynolds number haven’t a big influence on the pressure
distribution. We see that the pressure are higher on 0 to
0.05m and on the succion side the pressure are little higher
that on succion side. That is normal.
On the pressure coefficient comparison we can see that on the
trailling edge, if the Reynolds increase, the pressure coefficient
increase also. That is normal because the velocity are higher
and higher the Reynolds is, higher the probability of stall is.

MARTIN Arnaud - ISE930 Flow around an airfoil