Abstract
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools are extensively used by aircraft industries all over the world in design and development of airplanes, with emphasis on reducing both the cost and design cycle time. This paper deals with the use of CFD tools at Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in design and development of Indian combat aircraft. The applications include: (1) evaluation of incremental changes in aerodynamic configuration, (2) wave drag evaluation, (3) aerodynamic loads, (4) flow field around air data sensor locations, (5) Euler calculation for coupled internal and external flow field, and (6) viscous computation of high angles of attack flows. In the initial design phase, codes based on the potential theory were used for wing design and fuselage shape optimization. Later indigenously developed Euler and Navier-Stokes codes were employed for the various applications. This paper brings out the strength and weakness of CFD as experienced at ADA and its comparison with the Wind Tunnel and Flight Data.
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