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Implicit large eddy simulation of ship airwakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

B. Thornber ,
M. Starr  and
D. Drikakis
B. Thornber
Affiliation:
[email protected]
M. Starr
Affiliation:
Department of Fluid Mechanics and Computational Science, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
D. Drikakis
Affiliation:
Department of Fluid Mechanics and Computational Science, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK
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Abstract

Implicit large eddy simulations (ILES) of two different Royal Navy ships have been conducted as part of the UK Ship/Air Interface Frame-work project using a recently developed very high order accuracy numerical method. Time-accurate CFD data for fourteen flow angles was produced to incorporate into flight simulators for definition of safe helicopter operating limits (SHOLs). This paper discusses the flow phenomenology for the different wind directions and where possible reports on the validation of the ILES results for mean and fluctuating velocity components and spectra against experimental data.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 114 , Issue 1162 , December 2010 , pp. 715 - 736
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2010 

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