Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil
This investigation focuses on the application of the computational fluid dynamics tool FLUENT to the study of flows over the NACA 63–415 airfoil at various angles of attack. With the aim of selecting the most suitable turbulence model to simulate flow around ice-accreted airfoils, this work concentr...
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| description | This investigation focuses on the application of the computational
fluid dynamics tool FLUENT to the study of flows over the NACA
63–415 airfoil at various angles of attack. With the aim of selecting the
most suitable turbulence model to simulate flow around ice-accreted
airfoils, this work concentrates on assessing the prediction capabilities
of various turbulence models on clean airfoils at the large angles
of attack that cause highly separated flows to occur. The study was
undertaken by conducting simulations with the one-equation Spalart-Allmaras (SA) model, the two-equation RNG k-ϵ and SST k-ω models, and the Reynolds stress model (RSM). Domain discretization
was carried out using general quadrilateral grids generated with
GAMBIT, the FLUENT preprocessing tool. Comparisons were made
with available experimental data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8833d7cd741e483f9b27279ace1a6ca42025-02-03T06:44:48ZengWileyModelling and Simulation in Engineering1687-55911687-56052011-01-01201110.1155/2011/714146714146Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine AirfoilFernando Villalpando0Marcelo Reggio1Adrian Ilinca2École Polytechnique de Montréal, Campus de l'Université de Montréal, 2500 Chemin du Polytechnique, Montréal, QC, H3T 1J4, CanadaÉcole Polytechnique de Montréal, Campus de l'Université de Montréal, 2500 Chemin du Polytechnique, Montréal, QC, H3T 1J4, CanadaLaboratoire de Recherche en énergie éolienne, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, CanadaThis investigation focuses on the application of the computational fluid dynamics tool FLUENT to the study of flows over the NACA 63–415 airfoil at various angles of attack. With the aim of selecting the most suitable turbulence model to simulate flow around ice-accreted airfoils, this work concentrates on assessing the prediction capabilities of various turbulence models on clean airfoils at the large angles of attack that cause highly separated flows to occur. The study was undertaken by conducting simulations with the one-equation Spalart-Allmaras (SA) model, the two-equation RNG k-ϵ and SST k-ω models, and the Reynolds stress model (RSM). Domain discretization was carried out using general quadrilateral grids generated with GAMBIT, the FLUENT preprocessing tool. Comparisons were made with available experimental data.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/714146 |
| spellingShingle | Fernando Villalpando Marcelo Reggio Adrian Ilinca Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil Modelling and Simulation in Engineering |
| title | Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil |
| title_full | Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil |
| title_short | Assessment of Turbulence Models for Flow Simulation around a Wind Turbine Airfoil |
| title_sort | assessment of turbulence models for flow simulation around a wind turbine airfoil |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/714146 |
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