This paper studies the impact of installing noise-suppressing deflector vanes in the bypass flow on the aerodynamic performance of the dual-stream supersonic nozzle of a turbofan engine by using a three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes computer program. A series of nozzle configurations using a single pair or double pairs of vanes with NACA0012, NACA4412, and NACA7514 airfoil profile...

Simulations of the interaction between a vortex and a NACA0012 airfoil are performed with a stable, high-order accurate (in space and time), multi-block finite-difference solver for the compressible NavierStokes Equations. We begin by computing a benchmark test case to validate the code. Next, the flow with steady inflow conditions are computed on several different grids. The resolution of the ...

In this article we discuss the application of a Lagrange multiplier based ®ctitious domain method to the numerical simulation of incompressible viscous ̄ow modeled by the Navier±Stokes equations around moving rigid bodies; the rigid body motion is due to hydrodynamical forces and gravity. The solution method combines ®nite element approximations, time discretization by operators splitting and c...

A high order spectral difference (SD) scheme based cost-effective multi-level optimization approach is proposed to optimize the kinematics of flapping airfoils and provide further insights into flapping motions with maximum propulsive efficiency. At the first stage, a gradient-based optimization algorithm is coupled with a second-order SD Navier-Stokes solver to search for the optimal kinematic...

Small-scale wind turbine (SSWT) has been the subject of intensive research to complement its large-scale counterpart especially for usage in low speed regions. Two important issues that plague development SSWT are power coefficient due Reynold’s number () condition it’s operating and start-up difficulty it faces. In this paper, blade element momentum theory (BEMT) used analyse a small-scale hav...