Computations on Wings with Full-Span Oscillating Control Surfaces using Navier- Stokes Equations
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This paper presents a time-accurate procedure for computing unsteady aerodynamic forces on wings with a full-span oscillating control surface by using sheared grids. In this procedure, the flow is computed by solving the unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations in conjunction with the one-equation Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. A module to model control surface oscillations is embedded into a general purpose RANS solver. Unsteady pressures and forces are validated with experimental data for wall-to-wall mounted and finite-tip wings with full span control surfaces. The effect of Mach number on unsteady aerodynamic loads is investigated for the transonic flow regime.
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