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bjk87 April 22, 2012 11:57

new to CFD, changing angle of attack/incidence?
 
I am new to CFD and just learning how to use Star-CCM+. I was able to analyze and simulate a very simple airfoil by following tutorials. However, I do not know how to change the angle of attack. Do I just transform the geometry part by rotating it a certain amount of degrees/radians? Or is it more complex than that? Thank you.

rwryne April 22, 2012 17:19

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Originally Posted by bjk87 (Post 356215)
I am new to CFD and just learning how to use Star-CCM+. I was able to analyze and simulate a very simple airfoil by following tutorials. However, I do not know how to change the angle of attack. Do I just transform the geometry part by rotating it a certain amount of degrees/radians? Or is it more complex than that? Thank you.


Depending on your problem type, you do not need to rotate the geometry.... just change your farfield boundary conditions to reflect new velocity values (i.e. use the directional scalars of the velocity vector to "rotate" the flow)

LuckyTran April 23, 2012 16:42

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Originally Posted by bjk87 (Post 356215)
I am new to CFD and just learning how to use Star-CCM+. I was able to analyze and simulate a very simple airfoil by following tutorials. However, I do not know how to change the angle of attack. Do I just transform the geometry part by rotating it a certain amount of degrees/radians? Or is it more complex than that? Thank you.

It depends on your boundary conditions, but another way is to simply have the velocity inlet to have flow at an angle relative to the inlet instead of purely normal.

bjk87 April 23, 2012 18:05

Oh, I see. Thanks.

rangelgeja August 18, 2015 17:13

angle of attack in STARCCM+
 
Hello all,

I changed the velocity components to obtain an angle in an airfoil but I am having negative drag. Anyone knows why? The lift is ok.

In other simulation, I changed the angle of attack in CAD program and imported for STARCCM+, thus I know the right values. I just would like to be able to change the angle of attack IN the STARCCM.

And you know other ways to do this? I couldn't understand the ways in the tutorial.

LuckyTran August 19, 2015 13:34

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Originally Posted by rangelgeja (Post 560098)
Hello all,

I changed the velocity components to obtain an angle in an airfoil but I am having negative drag.

Did you update the direction vector for the drag and lift?

fluid23 August 20, 2015 16:42

1. As LuckyTran implied but did not specify, your drag vector must point in the same direction as freestream flow. Lift is perpendicular to that. So if you are changing your velocity vector then your force vectors must change too. You can also define the vectors along the chord line and normal to the chord line to get normal and axial force, then simply transform those using: L=N*cos(AOA)-A*sin(AOA), and D=N*sin(AOA)+A*cos(AOA).

2. No need to rotate in CAD if you want to move model WRT flow direction. There is a transform and rotate function if you right click the geometry under parts and select transform > rotate. Then define origin, axis and angle to get your model pointed in the right direction. You will have to remesh.

jsb12136 September 2, 2015 12:11

There is another way to do this. Make sure you have 2 regions. One region is a disk region which has the airfoil in it and the other one is the stationary fluid domain. Simply rotate the first domain to fit your AOA. Hope that will help.

yshen303 October 2, 2015 04:31

in the inlet boundary condition if i change the angle of attack by change the directional vector.like below
for example
X-direction 1
Y-direction 0
which is 0 angle of attack. right?
X-direction 0.97814760073
Y-direction 0.20791169081775931
which is 12 degree angle of attack. right?

if i change the AOA, do i have to change the axis for the life and drag?

yshen303 October 2, 2015 04:32

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Originally Posted by MBdonCFD (Post 560414)
1. As LuckyTran implied but did not specify, your drag vector must point in the same direction as freestream flow. Lift is perpendicular to that. So if you are changing your velocity vector then your force vectors must change too. You can also define the vectors along the chord line and normal to the chord line to get normal and axial force, then simply transform those using: L=N*cos(AOA)-A*sin(AOA), and D=N*sin(AOA)+A*cos(AOA).

2. No need to rotate in CAD if you want to move model WRT flow direction. There is a transform and rotate function if you right click the geometry under parts and select transform > rotate. Then define origin, axis and angle to get your model pointed in the right direction. You will have to remesh.



in the inlet boundary condition if i change the angle of attack by change the directional vector.like below
for example
X-direction 1
Y-direction 0
which is 0 angle of attack. right?
X-direction 0.97814760073
Y-direction 0.20791169081775931
which is 12 degree angle of attack. right?

if i change the AOA, do i have to change the axis for the life and drag?


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