The recent progress and state-of-art applications of aerodynamics for airplanes

Abstract

In general, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and wind tunnel experiments are the two core and widely implemented approaches to aircraft design and testing. This paper summarizes current developments in terms of CFD and wind tunnels in aircraft design and engineering. Information retrieval and Literature analysis are employed in order to investigate the state-of-art approaches and applications. Specifically, computational investigation of static height stability and aerodynamics of ground effect vehicles is discussed. According to the analysis, the ground effect is important for improving the realism of piloted simulation and estimating key crosswinds. The analytical modelling helps for better pilot training on various flight simulators. Moreover, further studies focus on increasing the realism of CFD simulation results ought to be carried out. These results offer a guideline for the investigation of the feasibility of CFD and wind tunnel experiments.