Investigating Galilean invariance in CFD

• Main Author: Yeo, Beverley Kai Wen
• Other Authors: Chan Wai Lee
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aerodynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164694
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

When characterizing a body moving in a quiescent flow, like the case of a cruising aircraft, CFD simulations and wind tunnel tests rely on the Galilean invariance principle, which assumes that the moving body can be equivalently modelled by a stationary body with a freestream velocity equal to the m...