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Boundary Layer:
As a fluid moves past an object or vice versa, the molecules nearest to the surface of the
object sticks on the surface. Now this in turn slows down the molecules just above them in
their collisions with the molecules stuck to the surface. This in turn slows down the flow just
above them. This chain goes on till finally the molecules are not affected by the object
surface. Hence this creates a thin layer of fluid near the surface in which the velocity
changes from zero at the surface to free stream velocity at some point away from it, This
thin layer is technically termed as a boundary layer. A boundary layer is basically the result
of friction between a solid object and a fluid.
These flows play a very important role in aerodynamics of the wing. For reduced drag it is
very important to have turbulent flow as far away from the wing as possible. It is ideal to
have a large portion of the wing under laminar flow, as the turbulent flow would not only
destabilize the aircraft but would also affect the aircraft performance, as we notice a similar
situation in times of turbulence.
3000 element mesh:
We would want more cells near the wall as the flow is most responsive near the wall, so
having more number of cells would increase the accuracy o f our calculations and we would
be able to notice the more minor changes happening over the short span rather than
missing out on them having the regular number of cells.
12000 cells Velocity Vector:
The graphs do not diverge as we can see the from the above graphs.
Main Assumptions:
The main assumption would be that of the fluid being a ideal fluid. In real life situations the
assumption of a real fluid cannot be true as no fluid exists without friction, all fluids have a
certain amount of viscosity which in turn affects the pressure forces.