Institusion
INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI DIRGANTARA ADISUTJIPTO
Author
PALMERIUS WIRYANTO, BENITIUS
Subject
T Technology (General)
Datestamp
2024-05-06 02:45:34
Abstract :
Wing in Ground Effect Aircraft is a type of air transportation that is
designed to fly sustainably at a relatively low altitude from the ground or water
surface by utilizing ground effect. Ground effect is an increase in lift and a decrease
in drag produced by wings when flying at a height not far from the surface of the
ground or water.
In this research, a simulation was carried out to determine the aerodynamic
characteristics in the form of turbulence on the NACA 24112 airfoil by varying the
angle of attack (AOA) and height against the influence of ground effect. This
research uses a 2D Computational Fluid Dynamic based simulation method with a
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) turbulent model using Ansys Fluent software.
The results obtained from this simulation are in the form of mean velocity,
eddy vicosity, pressure contour and velocity contour values. Based on the research
results, it shows that the turbulence that occurs on the NACA 24112 airfoil will be
greater the farther the height from the ground. This is indicated by the eddy viscosity
value at an angle of attack (AOA) 4o
at height (h) = unbound at x/c 0.025. The
higher the eddy viscosity value, the greater the mean velocity value also increases,
so that the resulting lift coefficient (CL) value is also higher. Therefore, the lower
the height of the airfoil relative to the ground and the greater the angle of attack
(AOA), the lift coefficient (CL) value will be greater so that the lift force that occurs
on the airfoil will also be greater. It is hoped that this research will be useful for
considerations in designing Wing In Ground Effect (WIG) aircraft, so that the flying
performance of an aircraft can be maximized.