25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-3.4.2

A NEW APPROACH IN CFD SUPPORTED WIND TUNNEL TESTING

S. Melber-Wilkending, A. Heidebrecht, G. Wichmann
DLR, Germany

Keywords: Numerical simulation, wind tunnel flow, wall interference, model mounting effects, wind tunnel correction, free flight extrapolation, half model technique

In this paper a new approach of CFD supported wind tunnel testing will be presented gained from the DLR project ForMEx. The numerical simulation and respectively the analysis of the wind tunnel experiment considering all geometrical and aerodynamic conditions show improvements of todays wind tunnel testing techniques.

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