Simulation of Flow Around a Static and Oscillating in Pitch NACA 0015 Airfoil Using URANS and DES

This paper presents numerical simulations of the flow around a NACA 0015 airfoil at static and dynamic stall. The treatment of these configurations is a very challenging task for CFD applications. The turbulent flow around the static and in pitch oscillation airfoil is computed using different approaches: 2D RANS, 3D RANS and DES methodologies and with finer and finer meshes in order to try to reach a space converged solution. The main conclusion of the paper is that the prediction of static and all the more dynamic stall is not mature with present modeling capabilities.Copyright © 2004 by ASME