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NASA ERA Integrated CFD for Wind Tunnel Testing of Hybrid Wing-Body ConfigurationThe NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project explored enabling technologies to reduce impact of aviation on the environment. One project research challenge area was the study of advanced airframe and engine integration concepts to reduce community noise and fuel burn. To address this challenge, complex wind tunnel experiments at both the NASA Langley Research Center's (LaRC) 14'x22' and the Ames Research Center's 40'x80' low-speed wind tunnel facilities were conducted on a BOEING Hybrid Wing Body (HWB) configuration. These wind tunnel tests entailed various entries to evaluate the propulsion-airframe interference effects, including aerodynamic performance and aeroacoustics. In order to assist these tests in producing high quality data with minimal hardware interference, extensive Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulations were performed for everything from sting design and placement for both the wing body and powered ejector nacelle systems to the placement of aeroacoustic arrays to minimize its impact on vehicle aerodynamics. This paper presents a high-level summary of the CFD simulations that NASA performed in support of the model integration hardware design as well as the development of some CFD simulation guidelines based on post-test aerodynamic data. In addition, the paper includes details on how multiple CFD codes (OVERFLOW, STAR-CCM+, USM3D, and FUN3D) were efficiently used to provide timely insight into the wind tunnel experimental setup and execution.
Document ID
20170006475
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Garcia, Joseph A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Melton, John E.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Schuh, Michael
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
James, Kevin D.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Long, Kurtis R.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Vicroy, Dan D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Deere, Karen A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Luckring, James M.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Carter, Melissa B.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Flamm, Jeffrey D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Stremel, Paul M.
(Science and Technology Corp. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Nikaido, Ben E.
(Science and Technology Corp. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Childs, Robert E.
(Science and Technology Corp. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
July 11, 2017
Publication Date
January 4, 2016
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Numerical Analysis
Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN28326
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum and Exposition 2016
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 4, 2016
End Date: January 8, 2016
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-03144
WBS: WBS 338881.02.20.01.04.02.01
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA10DF26C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Wind Tunnel Testing
Environmentally Responsible Aviation
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