03.1 - Aerodynamics – CFD Methods and Validation
S55 PROJECT - CFD ANALYSIS OF AN HISTORICAL SEAPLANE
C. Baldon¹, R. Indelicato¹, N. Bottino¹, M. Sinisi¹, F. Carrone¹, G. Cantanna¹, E. Cestino¹, V. Sapienza, Aeronautical Consultant, Italy; ¹Politecnico di Torino, Italy
STAR CCM+ has been used to study the cruise condition and the take-off on water surface of a 1:8 scale of the Savoia-Marchetti S55X, a famous Italian seaplane that represented an astounding success for the Italian engineers during the second and third decades of the past century