Table 1. Characteristics of the meshes...

Table 1.

Characteristics of the meshes used for the grid convergence study, and the results for Re = 16000, a = −1/2, α₀ = 8° and St = 2

	#cells	#cells on foil	1st cell height/c	${\bar{C}}_{T}$ (laminar)	${\bar{C}}_{T}$ (turbulent)	$y_{m a x}^{+}$
mesh#1	152 345	300	0.2 × 10^{– 3}	15.81	14.14	2.48
mesh#2	284 885	600	0.1 × 10^{– 3}	16.14	14.76	1.49
mesh#3	511 368	1 200	0.05 × 10^{– 3}	16.30	14.93	0.84

	#cells	#cells on foil	1st cell height/c	${\bar{C}}_{T}$ (laminar)	${\bar{C}}_{T}$ (turbulent)	$y_{m a x}^{+}$
mesh#1	152 345	300	0.2 × 10^{– 3}	15.81	14.14	2.48
mesh#2	284 885	600	0.1 × 10^{– 3}	16.14	14.76	1.49
mesh#3	511 368	1 200	0.05 × 10^{– 3}	16.30	14.93	0.84

Note:

Time-averaged values were computed over the last 10 cycles in numerical simulations with 50 cycles

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