The ground effect is the increased lift and decreased aerodynamic drag that aircraft wings generate when close to a fixed surface.
Due to the large number of students using SimScale, I thought it would be interesting to start a series of simple simulations
MSP6010 Ground Effect wing by sgrube
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Ground effect research by The7005
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Plot of case 1b streamlines at 200mm above ground. Notice the smooth
Wing in ground effect downforce by lennartb_bonn
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Groundeffect test by lennartb_bonn