Research Article

An Extended Assessment of Fluid Flow Models for the Prediction of Two-Dimensional Steady-State Airfoil Aerodynamics

Table 1

Best performing grids for each turbulence model.

 Edge/turbulence models () SA VB  
() SA S-VB
() Standard k-ε
  () Realizable k-ε
() Standard k-ω
() RNG k-ε
() SST k-ω
() Transition SST
 () Transition k-kl-ω () RS LP-S 
() RS QP-S 
 () RS Low-Re S-ω

A6678847296
B11013014090120
C11013014090120
D6678847296
E11013014090120
F11013014090120
G11013014090120
H6678847296
I770910980720960
J770910980720960
K770910980720960
L770910980720960
Total elements183,920256,880297,920142,560253,440

Refinement factor

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50055500555555340050501010