24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-2.8.1

EXTRA-LARGE EDDY SIMULATION FOR DELTA-WINGS AND SPACE LAUNCHERS

K. M. J .de Cock, J. C. Kok, H. van der Ven, B. I. Soemarwoto, O. J. Boelens, B. Oskam
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, P.O.Box90502, 1006 BM Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Keywords: dynamicloads,large-eddysimulation,flightdynamics,vortexbreakdown,baseflow

In this paper, the impact of new turbulence modelling efforts on aerospace applications is explored. The new turbulence modelling logic is presented and demonstrated for vortex breakdown above a delta wing and for a space-launcher base flow.

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