Research Article

CFD Prediction of Airfoil Drag in Viscous Flow Using the Entropy Generation Method

Table 2

Comparison of drag coefficients from various methods (NACA0012 airfoil, ).

Angle-of-attackDrag from experimentDrag from surface integrationDrag from wake integrationDrag from entropy generation

1.3580.094.295.393.492.492.189.1
1.5390.0112.7110.5109.2107.6107.1101.0
2.23120.0177.8166.3164.5163.0162.4147.2
4.15190.0346.3312.2311.5310.3309.6273.9