Computational and experimental investigations of low-Reynolds-number flows past an aerofoil

Abstract This paper presents investigations of low-Reynolds-number flows past an SD7003 aerofoil at Re = 60k, where transition takes place across a laminar separation bubble (LSB). Results of experimental measurements and numerical calculations are analysed and discussed. In particular, reasonably good results were obtained using two different numerical approaches: Large-eddy simulation (LES) that demonstrated vortical structures at different transition stages, and where the transition occurred naturally; unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) simulations for several turbulence models based on the ω-length-scale equation, coupled to a linear stability solver to predict the transition position.

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