03.1 - Aerodynamics - CFD Methods and Validation
HIGHER FIDELITY TRANSONIC AERODYNAMIC MODELING IN PRELIMINARY AIRCRAFT DESIGN
A. Crovato¹, G. Dimitriadis¹, V.E. Terrapon¹; ¹University of Liege, Belgium
Current aeroelastic tailoring practice for early preliminary aircraft design relies on linear aerodynamic modeling unable to predict shocks and boundary layers. The objective of this research is to increase the level of fidelity of aerodynamic modeling by enhancing the panel method, thus allowing fast and reliable aerodynamic loads prediction for aeroelastic computations.