28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-10.6.2

EXTERNAL AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE LOADS FOR A RIGID FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, A COMPARISON BETWEEN PSP AND CFD

P. Gustafsson, I. Persson, N. Stokes*
SAAB AB, Sweden; *ARA Ltd., UK

Keywords: psp, cfd, pressure loads, fighter aircraft

When generating distributed aerodynamic loads associated with a rigid fighter aircraft, to be used for loads analysis, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and PSP (Pressure Sensitive Paint) are two methods available for industrial application. In this paper, the two methods are compared and discussed.

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