Rainfall has been considered as an important meteorological factor to threat aircraft flight
safety. Adverse effects of rainfall on aircraft aerodynamics have been a constantly hot …

Drop impact on an airfoil surface takes place in drop-laden two-phase flow conditions such
as rain and icing, which are encountered by wind turbines or airplanes. This phenomenon is …

Airfoil performance degradation in heavy rain has attracted many aeronautical researchers'
eyes. In this work, a two-way momentum coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian approach is …

The ambient atmospheric environment significantly affects the performance of wind turbines
operating in different meteorological conditions. As rain is a common meteorological …

In the present study, special attention is paid to numerically investigate the aerodynamic
performance of the NACA 0012 airfoil under rain and icing conditions with the aim to better …

Renewable energy sources are essential to address climate change, fossil fuel depletion,
and stringent environmental regulations in the subsequent decades. Horizontal-axis wind …

This study investigated the effects of rainfall on flow separation and the aerodynamic
performance of single element and slatted NACA 0012 airfoils by using a mathematical …

A novel modeling method, based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate a
parafoil flying in rain and wind environments, is proposed. Then, the dynamic model of the …

Steady airflow over the wing of an aircraft in-flight is critical to achieving maximum
aerodynamic performance. However, commercial flight routes are most times characterized …

The adhesion of water to the surfaces of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) adversely affects
the function. The proposed UAVs will have underwater as well as flight capability, and these …