27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-3.3.2

A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM TOWARDS EFD/CFD INTEGRATION: DIGITAL/ANALOG-HYBRID WIND TUNNEL

S. Watanabe, S. Kuchi-ishi, T. Aoyama
JAXA, Japan

Keywords: efd, cfd, wind tunnel, database, data fusion

A prototype system towards EFD/CFD integration is introduced. The aim of the system is to improve efficiency and accuracy of aerodynamic characteristics evaluation in aerospace vehicle developments. The function of the system consists of optimization of test planning utilizing pretest CFD, the most probable aerodynamic characteristics estimation, etc.

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