The NATO STO Collaboration Support Office and the Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel will hold a Research Specialists' Meeting on "Advanced Wind Tunnel Boundary Simulation III", to be held in Washington, DC, USA in May 2025. 

The event (AVT-391) will be held in conjunction with the 55th AVT Panel Business Meeting (19-23 May 2025), and is open to citizens from NATO Nations, Australia, Sweden and Japan

The abstract submission deadline is 08 April 2024.

Theme:

Τhis RSM will provide an opportunity for technical experts to assess the state of the art in the use of high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of wind tunnel flow and boundaries, including inflow, outflow, walls, and model support hardware. 

Meeting objectives:

• Discuss activities to physically characterize wind and water tunnel and measurement processes for CFD (e.g. boundary/initial conditions and sensitivities of both test section and article, mass flow at diffuser);
• Presentation of work on high-fidelity CFD (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes, Scale Resolving Simulation, Lattice Boltzmann, etc.) simulation of measured wind/water tunnel flow (to include matched post processing to the extent possible);
• Discuss results from coordinated activities involving facility simulations, for example:
• Discuss first results from AVT-387 "Common Research Wind Tunnels for CFD Verification and Validation" activities;
• Discuss results from NASA (high-lift) Common Research Model eco-system;
• Develop recommendations for the use of high-fidelity simulation of wind/water tunnel flows (geometries, boundaries, model support, etc.) and/or experimental characterization for CFD comparison;
• Identify educational aspects (link to AVT-ET 235), with a view to establish a course on the requirements for and methods to predict wind tunnel interference effects, including blockage, buoyancy, slotted and perforated wall effects for transonic testing etc.
• Continue to identify key areas requiring further research and development, possibly resulting in support of mid to long term simulation and testing plans;
• Mature a longer-term community of interest for wind tunnel corrections and CFD validation in research, academia and industry.
   

All details about deadlines and abstract submissions are provided in the document "AVT- 391 CfP" on the right side of this page, below the map.

Registration for this event will be open in January 2025.