Pawel Chwalowski, Walter A. Silva, Carol D. Wieseman and Jennifer Heeg

DOI Number: N/A

Conference number: IFASD-2017-044

This paper presents the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of the flow in the NASA Langley Research Center Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT) with some recent applications. The TDT is a continuous-flow, closed circuit, slotted-test-section wind tunnel with a 16by 16-foot test section with cropped corners. The tunnel was originally built as the 19-ft Pressure Tunnel in 1938, but it was converted to the current transonic tunnel in the 1950s, with capabilities to use either air or heavy gas at pressures from atmosphere down to near vacuum. In this study, experimental data acquired in the empty tunnel using R-134a as the test medium was used to calibrate the computational data. Experimental data from a recent TDT test of a full-span fighter configuration in air was then selected for comparison with the numerical data. During this test, the configuration experienced a flutter event in the transonic flow regime. Numerically, the flutter event is simulated both inside the CFD model of the TDT and in a classical free-air model. The preliminary results show that the wind-tunnel walls do affect the response of the tested vehicle but do not affect overall flutter prediction.

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In Categories: 1.Events, Computational Aeroelasticity, IFASD 2017
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