Transonic Navier-Stokes computations for an oscillating wing using zonal grids

Modern jet transports and maneuvering tactical fighters operating in the transonic regime often give rise to time-dependent fluid physics that interact with flexible structural components, e.g., vortical flow, shocks, and separation. Efficient computational fluid dynamic methods are required to study such computationally intensive problems. A numerical method is presented to address this problem. Time-dependent, compressible, NavierStokes equations are used to simulate unsteady transonic flow about a three-dimensional rigid wing undergoing a forced periodic motion in angle of attack. An efficient, implicit, diagonal algorithm is utilized because of its low operation count per time step compared to other methods that solve systems of block matrix equations. The formal time accuracy is theoretically addressed and numerically demonstrated by comparison of computational results with experimental data. A zonal grid approach, capable of treating complex geometries, is presented and its time accuracy is demonstrated by comparing two- and three-zone computations with a single grid computation and experimental data.

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