| PRODUCTS | VorTran-M Wake Module | ||||||||||||||
|
VorTran-M Wake Module - Couples to CFD Solutions to Preserve Vorticity Accurate performance prediction is essential to the development, design and analysis of rotorcraft. While current numerical analysis tools can, in principle, model complete rotorcraft, in practice these implementations are severely hampered by accuracy limitations broadly attributed to modeling assumptions (e.g. vortex core models in Lagrangian methods) or numerical deficiencies (e.g. excessive numerical diffusion for Eulerian CFD). Thus, commonly used analysis tools fail to predict adequately the unsteady wakes and load distributions of rotor and fuselage designs. An approach that combines the first-principles physical modeling capability of Eulerian schemes with the vortex preservation capabilities of Lagrangian vortex techniques has long been needed. Enabled by breakthrough technologies in Eulerian wake modeling [1,2] that specifically address the critical numerical diffusion issue, the VorTran-M wake module is a first-principles Eulerian vorticity transport wake module that provides an unprecedented ability to capture the true temporal and spatial structure of the rotor wake when coupled to a wide range of CFD (both Eulerian and Lagrangian) tools.  Schematic of VorTran-M-CFD coupling  Rotor wakes calculated with the VorTran-M module coupled to an unstructured Navier-Stokes solve hover (left); high speed forward flight (right). While originally designed to address the numerical diffusion of vorticity associated with the simulation of rotorcraft wakes, this model is equally capable at modeling other vortex-dominated flows such as those associated with ship airwakes, road-vehicles and other bluff bodies. In addition, the multiple domain capability makes the VorTran-M module particularly adept at simulating interactional flows such as those in ground effect, formation flight, flight into "urban canyons", terminal area operations and dynamic interface (ship airwake-rotorcraft wake interactions) operations. For more information on licensing the VorTran-M module contact Glen Whitehouse at CDI 609.538.0444 ext 126.  Ship (simple frigate shape) airwakes calculated with VorTran-M module coupled to an Euler solver  Bluff-body type wake calculated with the VorTran-M module coupled to an unstructured Navier-Stokes solver FEATURES
REFERENCES
|