Flow360 Validation Cases

Aerospace

5 cases

Aerospace

NLF Airfoil

NLF(1)-0416 natural laminar flow airfoil validated with the Amplification Factor Transport transition model against NASA TP-1861 wind-tunnel data.

Aerospace

SCWS Common Research Model

Static alpha sweep and unsteady rolling case from the AIAA S&CPW2 stability-and-control workshop, validated against NASA Langley 12-Foot Tunnel data.

Aerospace

XV-15 Rotor Hover Validation

Multifidelity rotor hover study (BET disk, BET line, DDES) across five collective pitch settings, with thrust, torque, and figure of merit compared to experiment.

Aerospace

Blue Scout Launch Vehicle

Automated transonic alpha-Mach sweep on a slender-body rocket, validating axial, normal, and pitching-moment coefficients against NASA TN-D-1958.

Aerospace

Hammerhead Launch Vehicle

Supersonic Mach sweep at fixed 2° incidence comparing axial and normal force coefficients against wind-tunnel data for a hammerhead fairing geometry.

Marine

1 case

Marine

DARPA SUBOFF

Bare-hull submarine resistance across a six-speed sweep (5.93–17.79 knots), comparing steady SA RANS and SA-DDES against DTRC towing-tank data.

Wind Energy

1 case

Wind Energy

DTU 10 MW Reference Wind Turbine

SA-DDES sliding-mesh rotor study at below-rated wind speeds (8–11 m/s), comparing shaft power, thrust, and spanwise sectional loads to DTU CFD reference data.

Fundamental

2 cases

Fundamental

2D CRM High-Lift

Multi-element high-lift configuration validated against NASA 3rd AIAA High Lift Prediction Workshop data with slat and flap deployed.

Fundamental

ONERA M6 Wing

Four-level grid convergence study at Mach 0.84, Re 11.72 M, α 3.06°, comparing forces, surface Cp, and Cf against NASA TMR reference CFD and experiment.

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Python

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Validated

Against published benchmarks

Every published case compares Flow360 output against experimental data or reference solutions from AIAA workshops, NASA datasets, and academic literature.

ValidationCases

Aerospace

Marine

Wind Energy

Fundamental

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