Research Article
Numerical Simulation of Airfoil Aerodynamic Penalties and Mechanisms in Heavy Rain
Table 1
Lift and drag coefficients for different sizes of the original airfoil mesh.
| Mesh size | AOA 0° | AOA 10° | LWC 0 g/m3 | 25 g/m3 | Δ | LWC 0 g/m3 | 25 g/m3 | Δ |
| | 0.161 | 0.155 | 0.006 | 1.081 | 1.029 | 0.052 | | 0.157 | 0.152 | 0.005 | 1.077 | 1.028 | 0.049 | | 0.156 | 0.151 | 0.005 | 1.076 | 1.027 | 0.049 | | 0.155 | 0.151 | 0.004 | 1.075 | 1.027 | 0.048 |
| | AOA 0° | AOA 10° | | LWC 0 g/m3 | 25 g/m3 | Δ | LWC 0 g/m3 | 25 g/m3 | Δ |
| | 0.020 | 0.022 | 0.002 | 0.078 | 0.082 | 0.006 | | 0.019 | 0.020 | 0.001 | 0.075 | 0.080 | 0.005 | | 0.019 | 0.020 | 0.001 | 0.074 | 0.080 | 0.006 | | 0.019 | 0.020 | 0.001 | 0.074 | 0.079 | 0.005 |
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LWC: liquid water content; AOA: angle of attack; : lift coefficient; : drag coefficient.
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