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Table 11 Comparison of \(D/\rho\) between the impulse equation and OpenFOAM results for a NACA 0012 airfoil at \(\alpha =10^{\circ }\) having BC-3 and \(A=30\). All quantities have units of m3s−1.  \(I_2 = 3.33163\) m3s−1at the inlet and the direct determination of drag gives \(D = 17.14205\) m3s−1

From: Some effects of domain size and boundary conditions on the accuracy of airfoil simulations

x

\(-\int _{\varvec{x}} \varvec{U}_{\varvec{\infty }} \varvec{u} \textbf{d}\varvec{y}\)

\(-\int _{\varvec{x}} \frac{\varvec{1}}{\varvec{2}}\varvec{u}^{\varvec{2}} \textbf{d}\varvec{y}\)

\(\int _{\varvec{x}} \frac{\varvec{1}}{\varvec{2}} \varvec{v}^{\varvec{2}} \textbf{d}\varvec{y}\)

\(-\int _{\varvec{x}} \varvec{y(U}_{\varvec{\infty }}\varvec{+u)\Omega } \textbf{d}y\)

\(\varvec{D/\rho }\) (Eq. (22))

5

0.00195

\(-1.75135\)

3.36419

12.16671

17.11313

10

0.00058

\(-0.45157\)

1.67994

12.54794

17.10852

20

\(-0.00020\)

\(-0.25058\)

0.78009

13.24849

17.10944

30

0.01248

\(-0.63457\)

0.59645

13.83673

17.14272