Simulation of Wing and Nacelle Stall

Abstract

Numerical stall simulations are challenging in terms of physical models involved, overall computation effort, and the needed efforts for validation. The present paper describes coordinated, fundamental research into new simulation methodologies and their validation for wing and nacelle stall that also include the effects of atmospheric gusts. The research is carried out by the DFG funded Research Unit FOR 1066, which is composed of German Universities and the German Aerospace Center, DLR. The Research Unit investigates advanced models of turbulence, advanced physics-based gust models, and new numerical approaches for gust simulation. These modeling and computational activities are supplemented by new validation experiments, that aim at providing stall data on wings and engine nacelles with well defined, generic distortions of the onset flow.