[en] The steady and unsteady aerodynamic predictions of the Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) are routinely corrected for camber, twist, dihedral and transonic effects using steady reference data obtained from experiments or higher fidelity calculations. In this work, a novel correction technique is presented for the unsteady compressible Source and Doublet Panel Method (SDPM) in order to correct for transonic effects. Although the SDPM is more computationally expensive than the DLM, it can predict complete steady and oscillatory pressure distributions around the entire surface of the exact geometry of a wing or body. Consequently, it does not require corrections for geometric properties such as camber, twist and dihedral, only for transonic flow phenomena. The corrected predictions are compared to unsteady pressure distributions measured experimentally for the BSCW and LANN wings. It is shown that that the predictions of the SDPM correction method are accurate as long as the reference pressure data are of adequate quality. Finally, the SDPM with transonic correction is applied to the prediction of the flutter boundary of the AGARD 445.6 wing and it is demonstrated that the proposed approach is capable of predicting the transonic dip.
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Dimitriadis, Grigorios ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Interactions Fluide-Structure - Aérodynamique expérimentale
Crovato, Adrien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Interactions Fluide-Structure - Aérodynamique expérimentale
Sanchez Martinez, Mariano ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Interactions Fluide-Structure - Aérodynamique expérimentale
Laraspata, Vito; Politecnico di Bari > Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Management
Soria; Politecnico di Bari > Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Management
Kilimtzidis, Spyridon; University of Patras > Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics
Kostopoulos, Vassilis; University of Patras > Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics
Language :
English
Title :
Transonic corrections for the unsteady compressible Source and Doublet Panel Method
Publication date :
May 2025
Journal title :
Journal of Aircraft
ISSN :
0021-8669
eISSN :
1533-3868
Publisher :
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, United States - Virginia
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