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dc.contributor.advisorBalakrishnan, N
dc.contributor.authorMondal, Partha
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-30T20:42:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-31T05:15:57Z
dc.date.available2017-11-30T20:42:08Z
dc.date.available2018-07-31T05:15:57Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-01
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/2848
dc.identifier.abstracthttp://etd.iisc.ac.in/static/etd/abstracts/3700/G26283(Abs).pdfen_US
dc.description.abstractThe thesis presents a two pronged approach for predicting aerodynamics of air- foils/wings in the vicinity of the ground. The first approach is effectively a model for ground effect studies, employing an inexpensive Discrete Vortex Method for the 2D pre- dictions and the well known Numerical lifting line theory for the 3D predictions. The second one pertains to the dynamic ground effect analysis which employs the state of the art moving mesh methodology based time accurate CFD. In that sense, the thesis deals with two ends of spectrum in the ground effect analysis; one, a model to be used in the concept design phase and the other an advanced CFD tool for analysis. The proposed model for ground effect studies is based on the well known Discrete Vortex Method (DVM). An important aspect of this method is that it employs what is referred to as the Generalized Kutta Joukowski Theorem (GKJ), meant for interaction problems with multiple vortices, for predicting the lift (and drag) within a potential flow framework. After ascertaining the correctness of using the GKJ theorem for lift prediction for airfoils in ground effect, a modified DVM is presented as a model for ground effect predictions. As per this model, knowing the free stream lift and drag (either from an ex- periment or from a RANS computation) the aerodynamics of the section in ground effect can be predicted. The model is effectively built by constraining the DVM to produce the reference lift/drag in the free stream. The accuracy of the model, particularly for the more relevant high lift sections used during take-off and landing, is systematically estab- lished for a number of test cases. Knowing the sectional ground effect, the extension to 3D analysis is very simple and this is achieved through the well known Numerical Lifting Line theory. The efficacy of the proposed method for the 3D applications is demonstrated using a high lift wing in ground effect. It is worth noting that the proposed model predicts the lift and drag very accurately, practically at no computational cost as compared to modern RANS based CFD tools requiring over 40 or 50 million volumes at a high computational cost and intense human intervention for generating the grids for every ground clearance. The other aspect of the thesis pertains to what is referred to as the Dynamic Ground Effect. Normally the CFD computations mimic the ground effect experiments in simulat- ing the ground effect. These simulations do not maintain geometric similarity with the actual landing or take-off sequence of the aircrafts and this can only be achieved when the simulations are dynamic. Dynamics is also important in case of combat aircrafts (particularly their naval versions) with an aggressive landing and take-off. The dynamic ground effect simulations also provides a framework for simulating varied gust conditions. This dynamic simulation of the ground effect is accomplished using a novel sinking grid methodology, which allows the grids to sink in the ground as the aircraft approaches the ground along the glide path. These simulations make use of the state of the art, time accurate moving grid methods and therefore can be computationally expensive. Never- theless, the utility of such computations in terms of their ability to produce continuous data has been highlighted in the thesis. In that sense, these dynamic computations will be cheaper as compared to the static simulations to produce data at the same level of resolution.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesG26283en_US
dc.subjectGround Effecten_US
dc.subjectGround-Cushion Phenomenonen_US
dc.subjectAirfoilsen_US
dc.subjectWingsen_US
dc.subjectKutta-Joukowski Theoremen_US
dc.subjectDiscrete Vortex Methoden_US
dc.subject3D Ground Effect Modelen_US
dc.subjectComputational Fluid Dynamicsen_US
dc.subjectAerodynamicsen_US
dc.subjectDynamic Ground Effect Analysisen_US
dc.subjectSinking Grid Methodologyen_US
dc.subjectFlow Solveren_US
dc.subjectInverted Ground Effect Wingen_US
dc.subjectDynamic Ground Approachen_US
dc.subjectGround Effect Studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.titleWing in Ground Effecten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.degree.namePhDen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Engineeringen_US


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