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Eugene Tu

Publications and source records attributed to Eugene Tu.

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NASA NTRS2002

CICT Computing, Information, and Communications Technology Program

The CICT Program is part of the NASA Aerospace Technology Enterprise's fundamental technology thrust to develop tools. processes, and technologies that enable new aerospace system capabilities and missions. The CICT Program's four key objectives are: Provide seamless access to NASA resources- including ground-, air-, and space-based distributed information technology resources-so that NASA scientists and engineers can more easily control missions, make new scientific discoveries, and design the next-generation space vehicles, provide high-data delivery from these assets directly to users for missions, develop goal-oriented human-centered systems, and research, develop and evaluate revolutionary technology.

Larry Laufenberg↗
NASA NTRS1991

Nonequilibrium turbulence modeling effects on transonic vortical flows about delta wings

The Johnson-King turbulence model that is a viable method for calculating two dimensional transonic separated flows was extended into three dimensions. The implementation was done for Navier Stokes flow solvers written in general curvilinear coordinates. The present approach used in turbulence modeling is based on streamwise integration of an ordinary differential equation (o.d.e.) that governs the maximum Reynolds shear stress behavior. Streamwise integration of the o.d.e. approach was found to offer great mathematical simplicity and economy for three dimensional Navier Stokes methods. Thus, the new method is quick, simple, and very cheap. The new method was first checked against the data of a well known transonic axisymmetric bump experiment, and a good agreement was obtained. Later, the new method was used to compute the flow around a low aspect ratio wing in a transonic wind tunnel. Finally it was employed to study the nonequilibrium turbulence effects on the transonic vortical flows about a 65 deg sweep round leading edge delta wing.

Unver Kaynak↗