A computational investigation was performed to predict the effects of aerodynamic performance degradation on aircraft swept taper wing with and without 10 minutes and 22.5 minutes glaze ice accretions. In this study, ...A computational investigation was performed to predict the effects of aerodynamic performance degradation on aircraft swept taper wing with and without 10 minutes and 22.5 minutes glaze ice accretions. In this study, the three-dimensional simulated glaze ice shapes were defined from a series of two-dimensional ice sections. The aerodynamic performances of glaze iced swept wings with C-H structure multi-block grid were analyzed and evaluated. The steady Reynolds- Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are employed to compute solutions with implementation of two equation Shear-Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model and second-order upwind differencing for entire iced wing flow field. Computed results were compared with available experimental data. The CFD computation can also accurately predict the aerodynamic performance degradation of lift, drag and pressure coefficients of finite swept wing with glaze ice accretions which have two big upper and lower horn.展开更多
文摘A computational investigation was performed to predict the effects of aerodynamic performance degradation on aircraft swept taper wing with and without 10 minutes and 22.5 minutes glaze ice accretions. In this study, the three-dimensional simulated glaze ice shapes were defined from a series of two-dimensional ice sections. The aerodynamic performances of glaze iced swept wings with C-H structure multi-block grid were analyzed and evaluated. The steady Reynolds- Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are employed to compute solutions with implementation of two equation Shear-Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model and second-order upwind differencing for entire iced wing flow field. Computed results were compared with available experimental data. The CFD computation can also accurately predict the aerodynamic performance degradation of lift, drag and pressure coefficients of finite swept wing with glaze ice accretions which have two big upper and lower horn.