Validation and Comparison of RANS Propeller Modeling Methods for Tip-Mounted Applications

What is it about?

Wingtip-mounted propellers have been envisaged for their favorable interaction effects, leading to high system efficiency. The potentially favorable interaction of a propeller slipstream with a wingtip is a complex problem, because of the importance of vortex interaction and viscous effects. This paper examines the capability of different methods to model the propeller in a computational fluid dynamics simulation for this interaction problem. The evaluation is based on a comparison with results from a windtunnel experiment.

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