低压涡轮气动/声学一体化设计——总体参数优化

低压涡轮是航空发动机的重要噪声源之一,同时也是影响发动机单位推力耗油率的重要部件之一。为适应新一代发动机高效、低噪的设计目标,提出了基于传统涡轮设计流程的低压涡轮气动/声学一体化设计思路,并以某一典型民用发动机6级低压涡轮的设计要求为例,对末级功分配、通道外径、涡轮出口马赫数、叶片数目等涡轮总体参数进行了优化探索。结果表明,文中提出的设计思路可以在涡轮设计的总体参数选取阶段对涡轮效率和噪声同时进行有效评估,以便合理地选取涡轮总体参数,是一种可行的高效、低噪涡轮设计方法。     

气动加热下光学窗口传热特性的数值模拟

针对气动加热条件下光学窗口辐射导热耦合传热开展研究,以了解光学窗口的热辐射发射规律及热防护性能。采用有限体积法、蒙特卡罗法、谱带模型建立了具有镜反射界面的光学窗口辐射传输及辐射导热耦合传热计算模型,对具有两层SiO2玻璃的光学窗口传热特性进行了模拟。结果表明处于高温区玻璃向外发射热辐射,低温区玻璃吸收热辐射;除了加热面附近外的玻璃区域,辐射热流密度远大于导热热流密度,在2.9～4.2μm谱带内的辐射热流密度大于0.4～2.9μm谱带内的;在0.4～2.9μm谱带内,可见光波长内的出射辐射热流密度最小,中红外波长范围内出射辐射热流密度最大。在光学窗口总厚度一定的情况下,降低玻璃层厚度和玻璃夹层气体热导率能够有效降低光学窗口非加热面稳态温度。     

叶片前缘改型对涡轮叶栅二次流的影响

以某典型高压涡轮叶栅为研究对象,采用数值模拟的方法对比分析了两种端壁前缘改型结构对涡轮叶栅二次流产生的影响。结果表明,带状结构(Fillet)以及适当尺寸的球形结构(Bulb)可以改善涡轮叶栅内部二次流,并且降低涡轮出口气动损失。其中尺寸的选择对于球形结构(Bulb)影响很大。两种不同的改型结构相比较,带状结构(Fillet)改型方案对二次流的改善效果较为明显,结果更为理想。     

有翼再入飞行器的超/高超声速气动力工程方法

有翼再入飞行器气动力的工程计算方法尚有待进一步完善,计算精度有待进一步提高。文章根据有翼再入飞行器的气动布局特点,改进和发展了一套适于其气动布局的部件划分策略和压强计算选取准则。以此对航天飞机轨道器和类X-34飞行器的纵向气动力特性进行工程计算,并与其风洞试验和数值模拟结果进行对比分析。结果表明,文中的工程计算方法在马赫数3以上的超/高超声速范围内可准确预测有翼再入飞行器的升阻特性,其中升力系数和阻力系数误差小于10%;并可准确预测俯仰力矩特性随迎角改变的变化规律。与现有方法相比,文中的部件划分策略和压强计算选取准则在升阻特性精度相当情况下,可明显提高俯仰力矩的预测精度,并反映飞行器表面的压强分布特征。     

叶轮机械颤振研究进展 “两机专刊”

叶轮机械颤振是航空发动机、燃气轮机安全运行的重要威胁,一旦出现将严重影响设备的安全性并降低使用寿命。但颤振发生机理复杂,影响气弹稳定性参数多,流动结构和关键参数相互耦合,因此颤振一直是叶轮机械的研究难点。本文从颤振发生机理的角度,重点综述了近十年来关于颤振发生机理的新发现和新进展,其中包括流动结构、振动模态以及声波传播与反射等方面。在此基础上,结合工程实际简要总结了颤振抑制方法,以及不同方法的应用可行性。最后结合作者的思考,提出了叶轮机械颤振研究的重点方向。     

An efficient aerodynamic shape optimization of blended wing body UAV using multi-fidelity models

This paper presents a novel optimization technique for an efficient multi-fidelity model building approach to reduce computational costs for handling aerodynamic shape optimization based on high-fidelity simulation models. The wing aerodynamic shape optimization problem is solved by dividing optimization into three steps—modeling 3D(high-fidelity) and 2D(lowfidelity) models, building global meta-models from prominent instead of all variables, and determining robust optimizing shape associated with tuning local meta-models. The adaptive robust design optimization aims to modify the shape optimization process. The sufficient infilling strategy—known as adaptive uniform infilling strategy—determines search space dimensions based on the last optimization results or initial point. Following this, 3D model simulations are used to tune local meta-models. Finally, the global optimization gradient-based method—Adaptive Filter Sequential Quadratic Programing(AFSQP) is utilized to search the neighborhood for a probable optimum point. The effectiveness of the proposed method is investigated by applying it, along with conventional optimization approach-based meta-models, to a Blended Wing Body(BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV). The drag coefficient is defined as the objective function, which is subjected to minimum lift coefficient bounds and stability constraints. The simulation results indicate improvement in meta-model accuracy and reduction in computational time of the method introduced in this paper.     

无人机制造外形气动偏差评估方法

气动外形对无人机起着至关重要的作用,有必要对其制造外形的气动偏差进行评估。利用数字摄影测量系统获得无人机制造外形的点云数据;以机头为参考点,将测量点云数据模型与理论模型的坐标系重合,对比重合度并统计无人机制造外形与理论外形的几何偏差分布;根据点云数据进行逆向建模,获得无人机制造外形的三维模型;对无人机理论外形进行CFD计算,与其风洞试验数据进行对比,通过调整网格及计算方法,得到与试验数据相吻合的CFD计算方法;以此方法计算得到无人机制造外形的气动数据,并与无人机的理论气动力进行对比。结果表明:此评估方法能够定量地评估外形制造偏差对无人机气动特性的影响。     

Effects of pressure oscillation on aerodynamic characteristics in an aero-engine combustor

The effects of pressure oscillation on aerodynamic characteristics in an aero-engine combustor are investigated. A combustor test rig is designed to simulate the pressure drop characteristics of a practical annular combustor. The pressure drop characteristics are firstly measured under atmosphere condition with non-reacting flow (or cold flow), and the air mass flow proportion of each component (dome/liner) are obtained; these properties are base lines for comparison with combustion state. The combustion tests are then carried out under conditions of inlet temperature 340–450 K, fuel air ratio 0.010–0.028. The stability map and the oscillation frequencies are obtained in the tests, the results show that pressure oscillation amplitude increases with the increase of fuel air ratio. Phase trajectory reconstruction is applied to classify the pressure oscillation motion; there are three motions captured in the tests including: “disk”, “ring” and “cluster”. The pressure drops across the dome under strong pressure oscillation are distinctly divergent from the cold flow, and the changes of pressure drops are mainly affected by pressure oscillation amplitude, but is less influenced by pressure oscillation motion nor oscillation frequencies. Based on the mass flow conservation, the reduction of effective flow area of combustor under strong pressure oscillation is demonstrated. Liner wall temperatures are analyzed through Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) method to estimate the reduction of the air mass flow proportion of the liner cooling under strong pressure oscillation. Finally, the air mass flow proportions of each component under strong pressure oscillation are estimated, the results show that the pressure oscillation motion also has influence on air mass flow proportion.     

Aerodynamic performance of owl-like airfoil undergoing bio-inspired flapping kinematics

Natural flyers have extraordinary flight skills and their prominent aerodynamic performance has attracted a lot of attention. However, the aerodynamic mechanism of birds' flapping wing kinematics still lacks in-depth understanding. In this paper, the aerodynamic performance of owl-like airfoil undergoing bio-inspired flapping kinematics extracted from a free-flying owl wing has been numerically investigated. The overset mesh technique is used to deal with the large range movements of flapping airfoils. The bio-inspired kinematics consist of plunging and pitching movement. A pure sinusoidal motion and a defined motion composed of plunging of sinusoidal motion and pitching of the bio-inspired kinematics are selected for comparison. The other two NACA airfoils are also selected to figure out the advantages of the owl-like airfoil. It is found that the cambered owl-like airfoil can enhance lift during the downstroke. The bio-inspired kinematics have an obvious advantage in lift generation with a presence of higher peak lift and positive lift over a wider proportion of the flapping cycle. Meanwhile, the bio-inspired motion is more economical for a lower power consumption compared with the sinusoidal motion. The sinusoidal flapping motion is better for thrust generation for a higher peak thrust value in both upstroke and downstroke, while the bio-inspired kinematics mainly generate thrust during the downstroke but produce more drag during the upstroke. The defined motion has similar lift performance with the bio-inspired kinematics, while it consumes more energy and generates less thrust. The unsteady flow field around airfoils is also analyzed to explain the corresponding phenomenon. The research in this paper is helpful to understand the flight mechanism of birds and to design a micro air vehicle with higher performance.     

基于Gauss伪谱法的临近空间飞行器上升段轨迹优化

综合考虑密度变化、声速变化、发动机推力变化及地球引力等因素对飞行轨迹的影响,研究了与实际飞行环境更加相符的临近空间飞行器燃料最优爬升轨迹。针对该问题在气动数据处理和优化求解上存在的困难,提出一种基于Gauss伪谱法(Gauss Pseudospectral Method,GPM)的求解策略。首先,依据气动数据特点,设计拟合模型对气动参数进行高精度拟合;其次,为避免间接法和传统直接法的缺点,将Gauss伪谱法和序贯二次规划(Sequential Quadratic Programming,SQP)相结合,对存在边值及加速度约束的轨迹优化问题进行求解,获得最优飞行轨迹。仿真结果表明,在更为真实的飞行环境下,利用GPM和SQP相结合的方法可在5.83s获得一条精度为10-4～10-6左右的飞行轨迹。