Computation Simulations of Electric Propulsion Aircraft: The X-57 Maxwell

Duensing, Jared C ; Housman, Jeffrey A ; Maldonado, Daniel ; Jensen, James C ; Kiris, Cetin C ; Yoo, Seung Y

关键词: LAUNCH ASCENT AND VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS (LAVA);    COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;    COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION;    ELECTRIFIED AIRCRAFT PROPULSION;    POWERED MODELS;    POWERED LIFT AIRCRAFT;    AIRCRAFT MODELS;    ELECTRIC PROPULSION;    DATA BASES;    GRID GENERATION (MATHEMATICS);    NUMERICAL FLOW VISUALIZATION;    FLOW DISTRIBUTION;    WIND TUNNEL MODELS;    WIND TUNNELS;    ANGLE OF ATTACK;    ERROR ANALYSIS;    PROPELLERS;   

RP-ID  :  ARC-E-DAA-TN69863

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Outline - Introduction: X-57 CFD task overview; Motivation. Part I, Computational simulations without propulsion: Establishing CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Best Practices - Grid generation - Mesh refinement study - Numerical methods - Wind tunnel validation study; Power-Off Aerodynamic Database Results. Part II, Computational simulations with propulsion: Cruise Power-On Database; High-Lift Power-On Database.Summary.