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 |
| A | 66 | 78 | 84 | 72 | 96 | B | 110 | 130 | 140 | 90 | 120 | C | 110 | 130 | 140 | 90 | 120 | D | 66 | 78 | 84 | 72 | 96 | E | 110 | 130 | 140 | 90 | 120 | F | 110 | 130 | 140 | 90 | 120 | G | 110 | 130 | 140 | 90 | 120 | H | 66 | 78 | 84 | 72 | 96 | I | 770 | 910 | 980 | 720 | 960 | J | 770 | 910 | 980 | 720 | 960 | K | 770 | 910 | 980 | 720 | 960 | L | 770 | 910 | 980 | 720 | 960 | Total elements | 183,920 | 256,880 | 297,920 | 142,560 | 253,440 |
| Refinement factor |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | 500 | | 55 | 500 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 3400 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 10 |
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