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Turbulence modeling in aircraft icing

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Overview

The Icing and Cryogenic Technology Branch develops computational tools which predict ice growth on aircraft surfaces and uses existing CFD technology to evaluate the aerodynamic changes associated with such accretions. Surface roughness, transition location, and laminar, transition, or turbulent…

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Turbulence Modeling in Aircraft Icing

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Mark G. Potapczuk Icing & Cryogenic Technology Branch Workshop on Computational Turbulence Modeling NASA ICOMP September 15, 1993

INTRODUCTION

The Icing and Cryogenic Technology Branch develops computational tools which predict ice growth on aircraft surfaces and uses existing CFD technology to evaluate the aerodynamic changes associated with such accretions.

Surface roughness, transition location, and laminar, transition, or turbulent convective heat transfer all influence the ice growth process on aircraft surfaces.

Turbulence modeling is a critical element within the computational tools used both for ice shape prediction and for performance degradation evaluation.

CURRENT CODE DEVELOPMENT

2D CODES • LEWICE/IBL - POTENTIAL FLOW / INTERACTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER 3D CODES • LEWICE3D - PANEL CODE / INTEGRAL BOUNDARY LAYER • LEWICE3DGR - ANY GRID BASED FLOW SOLUTION

ICE ACCRETION MODELING

CURRENT MODEL USED FOR ICE GROWTH MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE IN CONTROL VOLUMES ALONG THE SURFACE CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IS MAJOR FACTOR IN ENERGY BALANCE INTEGRAL BOUNDARY LAYER FORMULATION USED TO DETERMINE LAMINAR AND TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS SURFACE ROUGHNESS MODELED AS SAND-GRAIN ROUGHNESS; ACTUAL ICE ROUGHNESS VARIES FROM SMALLER TO LARGER THAN BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS

ICE ACCRETION MODELING

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER MODEL USED FOR ICE GROWTH SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT

(864"00t 11-2

cf2 = 0"16811

ln_, _ +2.568

WHERE 0.8

o (s)

t

0.0156 j.s V3.86 ds ] + 0 t (Str)

V4.11 Str e e

ICE ACCRETION MODELING

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER MODEL USED FOR ICE GROWTH LAMINAR

h (s) = 0.296_ [,,--2.88_s,,1.88,V e JOVe as!1-1/2

TURBULENT

[ ct2 ]

ht(s ) = StpVeC p = Prt+ c_-(1/St k) PVeCp

ICE ACCRETION MODELING

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER MODEL USED FOR ICE GROWTH ROUGHNESS STANTON NUMBER -0.2 Vrk s

St k = 1.16 (---_)

AND V = Ve_C/2

ICE ACCRETION MODELING

ICE ROUGHNESS CHARACTERIZATION SAND-GRAIN ROUGHNESS ACTUAL ICE ROUGHNESS

ICE ACCRETION MODELING

PLANS • EXPERIMENTS TO CHARACTERIZE ICE ROUGHNESS GEOMETRIES AT A VARIETY OF ICING CONDITIONS • EXPERIMENTS TO CHARACTERIZE VELOCITY FIELD OVER REAL AND ARTIFICIAL ICE ROUGHNESS GEOMETRIES • EXPERIMENTS TO MEASURE HEAT TRANSFER OVER REAL AND ARTIFICIAL ICE ROUGHNESS GEOMETRIES • DEVELOPMENT OF MODIFIED COMPUTATIONAL MODEL BASED ON THESE EXPERIMENTS

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

NACA 0012 ICING CONDITIONS 4 = o_ = V = 130 mph d = 20oP.m LWC = 2.1 g/m 3 SHEAR LAYER T 18 F RECIRCULATION REGION 5 MINUTE ICE GROWTH

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

BALDWIN-LOMAX TURBULENCE MODEL Inner Layer _tt - I2 ( Uy - Vx ) l l = mixing length Outer Laver _1, t - FmaxYma x

F (y) = y 03 ( 1 - exp ((-y*)/A) )

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

BALDWIN-LOMAX TURBULENCE MODEL NORMAL B.L. F PROFILE RECIRCULATION REGION F PROFILE Fmax

f

F F Ymax Y Y

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL WHERE y+Ay --<C 1 l(y) = K-_2y 1- 1 _ 1-e Y J Y AND WHERE y + _Xy CI • --r- > Cl l (y) = _:-C22 y y

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL l=Ky | C| o | | ---! y --, ClY* , V V

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL THE CEBECI-CHANG ROUGHNESS MODEL IS ADDED TO THE TURBULENCE MODEL

5 <k + <70

S

.9[

0.58

0.7 (ks +) 70 < k+s < 2000

WHERE,

AY + = (4) (ux/V) and k +s = ks (u,/v)

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL C L vs. o_ 1.0 O -- Bragg, [66] Z_ -- ARC2D, MML model 13 -- ARC2D, B-L model 0.8 C L J O.6 fJ 0.q" 0.2

_/_

/

(" I I I ! I I I I I I 0.0 0 2 _ 6 8 10 AOA

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL C D vs.

.2o o -- Bra_, [66] _. -- ARC2D, MML model D _ ARC2D, B-L mode] .16 /- / O ./ c D / / l' .12 o#

x

/ / t' / / .." J .08 - / / ...1_ ../ 0

.o_ L J."1_Z "

t I T _ I O0 _0 ) I ) ) ) , " 2 _ 6 8 10 AOA

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL STRUCTURED GRID FOR ARTIFICIAL ICE SHAPE c_ _u B ),_ 8" ....,+-- O,OS O,IS 0.20 -0. I0 "0,05 0.00 0.10

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL UNSTRUCTURED GRID FOR ARTIFICIAL ICE SHAPE m -0.05 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL STRUCTURED GRID MACH NUMBER CONTOURS O. 120 M.

1.40w]O' Re 215x50 GRID ' ol -0.10 0115 0.20 -0.05 O.CO 0.05 10

ICED AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

MML TURBULENCE MODEL UNSTRUCTURED GRID MACH NUMBER CONTOURS 0.I20 M.

4.00" o 1.40_I0' Re

CONCLUDING REMARKS

• TURBULENCE MODELING PLAYS A ROLE IN ICE GROWTH PREDICTION AND IN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION • NEW MODELING IS REQUIRED FOR THE LARGE ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS OF A TYPICAL ICE ACCRETION • AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO DEVELOP A DATABASE FOR CREATION OF SUCH A MODEL • AN ALTERNATE ALGEBRAIC TURBULENCE MODEL HAS BEEN USED TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION DUE TO ICING THE MML MODEL HAS BEEN USED IN AN UNSTRUCTURED GRID NAVIER-STOKES CODE TO CALCULATE FLOW OVER AN ARTIFICIAL ICE SHAPE

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