| 2D potential flow around a cylinder or a naca airfoil | |
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Quick start
To run the model, open magnus.pro with Gmsh
and click on the "Run" button in the left panel.
Features addressed in this tutorial
- Potential flow, irrotational flow
- Multivalued scalar field
- Lift and Magnus effect, stagnation points
- Run-time variables
- Elementary algorithms in the Resolution section
- Non-linear iteration to achieve Kutta's condition
Additional information
This model solves a 2D potential flow around a cylinder or a naca airfoil, placed in a uniform flow. The lift force is evaluated by both the integration of pressure and the Kutta-Jukowski approximation. In the Airfoil case, a non linear iteration is done by means of a pseudo-newton scheme, to ensure that the Kutta condition is verified.
References
This work was funded in part by the Walloon Region (WBGreen No 1217703 FEDO, WIST3 No 1017086 ONELAB) and by the Belgian Science Policy (IAP P7/02). Copyright (c) 2012-2018 ULiège-UCL.