Review of numerical simulation on complex separated flow of iced airfoil

  • Binbin ZHAO ,
  • Heng ZHANG ,
  • Jie LI
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  • 1.School of Aeronautics,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an 710072,China
    2.Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute,Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd,Shanghai  201210,China
    3.School of Aerospace Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
E-mail: qwedc0919@163.com

Received date: 2022-03-29

  Revised date: 2022-04-18

  Accepted date: 2022-06-13

  Online published: 2022-06-27

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(11972304);Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(2019ZA053005);National Science and Technology Project

Abstract

The complex separation flow caused by icing will lead to the deterioration of aerodynamic performance, especially stall behavior. The accurate prediction of aerodynamic performance and the thorough investigation of mechanism under icing condition depend on the precise solution of the separated flow field. With the improvement of computational fluid dynamics methods especially turbulence simulation, the numerical simulation can reflect the physical nature of separated flow as well as provide precise and complete results. In terms of the application of three typical turbulence simulation methods, Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS), Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and RANS/LES, a comprehensive review of recent research progress in numerical simulation on the prediction of stall behavior and characterization of separated flow are presented. Furthermore, the summary and outlook of the development tendency are also proposed in the aspects of high-fidelity ice shapes, new type turbulence simulation methods, deep analysis of unsteady features and real time coupling analysis of separated flow.

Cite this article

Binbin ZHAO , Heng ZHANG , Jie LI . Review of numerical simulation on complex separated flow of iced airfoil[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2023 , 44(1) : 627211 -627211 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2022.27211

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