Integrating CFD and Experiments in Aerodynamics

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Integrating CFD and Experiments in Aerodynamics
20-21 Jun 07
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Experimental and computational investigations

• Are complimentary
• Together provide a more complete picture of the
  important flow physics
• An illustrative example from 20 years ago

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Turbine Blade Cooling
Osney Turbomachinery Lab University of
Oxford 86-89
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Heat transfer results
Flow
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Pattern of enhanced heat transfer?
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Computational Investigation
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Captured the double lobe
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Virtual PIV
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What is really going on in the flow?
Two approaches are complimentary!
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USAFA efforts

• Experimental and computational investigations are
  performed by integrated teams
• Updated our undergraduate curriculum students
  as knowledgeable users of existing CFD packages
• Accompanying text book