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Traditional Finite Volume Method (FVM) and Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) are both used to compute the high angle attack aerodynamic characteristics of the benchmark aircraft model named CT-1. Even though the software requires flow on the order of Ma < 0.4, simulation at Ma=0.5 is run in PowerFLOW after theoretical analysis. The consistency with the wind tunnel testing is satisfied, especially for the LBM which can produce perfect results at high angle attack. PowerFLOW can accurately capture the detail of flows because it is inherently time-dependent and parallel and suits large-scale computation very well.
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Du, T., Li, X., Zhang, X. et al. Lattice Boltzmann Method used for the aircraft characteristics computation at high angle of attack. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 53, 2068–2073 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-010-3222-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-010-3222-2