Shock-vortex interaction over a 65-degree delta wing in transonic flow

Transonic flow over a 65-deg swept-back, sharp-edged, cropped delta wing is investigated computationally using the time-accurate solution of the unsteady, compressible, full Navier-Stokes equations with an implicit, upwind, flux-difference splitting, finite-volume scheme. Coarse and fine O-H grids are used to obtain the solution. The grid consists of 125 x 85 x 84 points in the wrap-around, normal, and axial directions, respectively. The results are presented for an angle of attack of 20 deg Mach number of 0.85 and Reynolds number of 3.23 x 10 exp 6. With the fine grid, the results show that a system of shocks has been captured over the upper wing surface and that the leading-edge vortex core experiences an unsteady supersonic vortex breakdown after passing through a spanwise shock near the wing trailing edge. The computed results at a certain time are in good agreement with the experimental data. Topological aspects of the vortex breakdown flowfield are also presented and discussed.

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