Hi

I am trying to find the lift and drag coefficients of a 2D airfoil using Fluent. The airfoil I am analyzing is a S8036 with a 100mm long chord and 16% thickness. The chord Reynolds number is 60000.

My question is. What should the reference values in Fluent be set to? I am specifically interested in what the depth, area and length should be set to.

This is what I have at the moment:

Area = 0.1m (chord length)

Density = my relevant density (1.184 kg/m3)

Depth = 1m (according to what I could find online, unsure of this)

Enthalpy = 0 (not relevant)

Length = 0.1m (chord length)

Pressure = 0 (not relevant)

Temperature = (298K)

Velocity = (9.37 m/s)

Viscosity = (1.849e-05 kg/m.s)

Ratio of specific heats = 1.4 (not relevant)

With these values I get a lift coefficient of 0.193, close to the value of 0.2, obtained from the test conducted in a paper I found online (DOI: 10.2514/1.C000326). However, the drag coefficient is far off (Cd = 0.0428). Expected value is around 0.1. Do I need to change the reference values according to which coefficient I am interested in?

Regards

Martin

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