28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-2.10.2

NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECT ON LOW ASPECT RATIO WINGS AT LOW SPEED

D. Kwak, M. Gaffuri*, K. Ohira**, J. Brezillon*
JAXA, Japan; *DLR, Germany; **Ryoyu Systems Co. Ltd., Japan

Keywords: numerical study, low reynolds number, low aspect ratio wings

Reynolds number effects at low speed and high alpha on the low aspect ratio wings were investigated by numerical simulations. The purpose of the paper is to assess this approach by performing numerical simulation at low and high Reynolds numbers and to quantify the deviation to reference data.

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