{We discuss uniqueness for steady incompressible inviscid flows past a body with a sharp trailing edge TE, with particular regard to multiconnected (toroidal) 3D wing configurations. Boundedness of the velocity field at TE is enforced by means of a singularity removal principal (Kutta condition). The resulting bounded flow solution is unique for 2D airfoils and 3D conventional wings. For toroidal bodies the flow depends on the available eigen-solution which, however, has no direct influence on the lift. In this multiconnected case uniqueness of the bounded solution is shown to depend on the topology of the trailing edge.
Uniqueness of bounded flow solution in aerodynamics / Bassanini, Piero; Casciola, Carlo Massimo; Lancia, Maria Rosaria; Piva, Renzo. - In: COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS. - ISSN 0178-7675. - STAMPA. - 22:(1998), pp. 12-18. [10.1007/s004660050333]
Uniqueness of bounded flow solution in aerodynamics
BASSANINI, Piero;CASCIOLA, Carlo Massimo;LANCIA, Maria Rosaria;PIVA, Renzo
1998
Abstract
{We discuss uniqueness for steady incompressible inviscid flows past a body with a sharp trailing edge TE, with particular regard to multiconnected (toroidal) 3D wing configurations. Boundedness of the velocity field at TE is enforced by means of a singularity removal principal (Kutta condition). The resulting bounded flow solution is unique for 2D airfoils and 3D conventional wings. For toroidal bodies the flow depends on the available eigen-solution which, however, has no direct influence on the lift. In this multiconnected case uniqueness of the bounded solution is shown to depend on the topology of the trailing edge.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.