Location
Weber State University
Start Date
5-8-2017 9:58 AM
End Date
5-8-2017 12:00 AM
Description
This paper is the description of the Utah State University AeroLab’s Aerodynamic Center Analysis Tool (AeroCAT), which is an implementation of the OpenFOAM CFD toolbox. AeroCAT takes in a user input file, generates a mesh, and solves a steady, inviscid, incompressible flow, automatically repeating the process for a range of angles of attack. It then processes the results to predict the wing’s span-wise locus of aerodynamic centers. The mesh generator used in this tool is GridX, developed by a former PhD student at USU, and the CFD solver is OpenFOAM.
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Implementation of OpenFOAM for Inviscid Incompressible Aerodynamic Flows
Weber State University
This paper is the description of the Utah State University AeroLab’s Aerodynamic Center Analysis Tool (AeroCAT), which is an implementation of the OpenFOAM CFD toolbox. AeroCAT takes in a user input file, generates a mesh, and solves a steady, inviscid, incompressible flow, automatically repeating the process for a range of angles of attack. It then processes the results to predict the wing’s span-wise locus of aerodynamic centers. The mesh generator used in this tool is GridX, developed by a former PhD student at USU, and the CFD solver is OpenFOAM.