25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.9.2

A COMPARISON OF EMPIRICAL AND CFD-BASED EXERGY MODELLING FOR THE AIRFRAME SUBSYSTEM OF AIRCRAFT DESIGN

K. Alabi, M. Von Spakovsky*, F. Ladeinde, D. Moorhouse**, J. Camberos**
Thaerocomp Technical Corp, USA; *Virginia Tech., USA; **Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, USA

Keywords: cfd, exergy modelling, airframe

In the context of aircraft integrated system synthesis/design, this paper shows the benefit of using exergy analysis for guidance and insight during analysis and optimization. This is done at varying levels of fidelity with one level providing loss information based on a common currency, i.e. exergy, to another.

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