Numerical Study of Shock Buffet on Three-Dimensional Wings

The paper presents a computational study of the transonic shock-buffet flow instability phenomenon on three-dimensional wings. Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations were conducted on three wing configurations, all based on the RA16SC1 airfoil, at shock-buffet flow conditions. Numerical validation is presented for the OAT15A and RA16SC1 swept wings based on wind-tunnel experiments. The simulated configurations include infinite-straight, infinite-swept, and finite-swept three-dimensional wing models of several sweep angles and span lengths. Based on the results, the effects of three-dimensional flow, wing sweep, and span length on the shock-buffet characteristics are identified. For small wing-sweep angles, the fundamental shock-buffet instability mechanism remains similar to the two-dimensional mechanism, which is characterized mainly by chordwise shock oscillations. For moderate sweep angles, a phenomenon of lateral pressure disturbance propagation is observed. This phenomenon is essentially differe...

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