A study of morphing aircraft on morphing rules along trajectory

Morphing aircraft can meet requirements of multi-mission during the whole flight due to changing the aerodynamic shape, so it is necessary to study its morphing rules along the trajectory. However, trajectory planning considering morphing variables requires a huge number of expensive CFD computations due to the morphing in view of aerodynamic performance. Under the given missions and trajectory, to alleviate computational cost and improve trajectory-planning efficiency for morphing aircraft, an offline optimization method is proposed based on Multi-Fidelity Kriging (MFK) modeling. The angle of attack, Mach number, sweep angle and axial position of the morphing wing are defined as variables for generating training data for building the MFK models, in which many inviscid aerodynamic solutions are used as low-fidelity data, while the less high-fidelity data are obtained by solving viscous flow. Then the built MFK models of the lift, drag and pressure centre at the different angles of attack and Mach numbers are used to predict the aerodynamic performance of the morphing aircraft, which keeps the optimal sweep angle and axial position of the wing during trajectory planning. Hence, the morphing rules can be correspondingly acquired along the trajectory, as well as keep the aircraft with the best aerodynamic performance during the whole task. The trajectory planning of a morphing aircraft was performed with the optimal aerodynamic performance based on the MFK models, built by only using 240 low-fidelity data and 110 high-fidelity data. The results indicate that a complex trajectory can take advantage of morphing rules in keeping good aerodynamic performance, and the proposed method is more efficient than trajectory optimization by reducing 86% of the computing time.     

基于Kriging模型的浮空器氦气昼夜温差最优化

分析浮空器氦气昼夜温差时通常将整个囊体蒙皮涂层设置为同一种材料,分析材料的吸收率与发射率对氦气昼夜温差的影响。为进一步减小氦气昼夜温差,提出了将囊体分为迎光面和背光面,迎光面采用吸收率低的材料,背光面采用发射率高的材料。建立了囊体热力学模型,采用Kriging模型对囊体不同部位的材料特性进行优化,其基本思想是将囊体划分为48个部分,采用拉丁超立方体方法进行抽样,进行热力学分析得到样本的响应,以此建立Kriging近似模型。经过该方法优化后发现,氦气的昼夜温差减小到28.6 K,比传统的分析减少7.7%。      

基于正交法和Kriging模型的液体火箭发动机液膜冷却优化

通过FLUENT对火箭发动机推力室中跨临界甲烷液膜冷却稳态流场进行数值传热计算。根据正交法设计试验,得到不同膜孔孔径、轴向夹角、径向夹角和孔型四个影响因素共同作用下的冷却效果,选出最优的膜孔几何参数组合.在采用最优膜孔几何参数组合的条件下,基于最优拉丁超立方抽样建立Kriging模型,利用遗传算法得到多目标条件下最优的跨临界液膜质量流量、冷却环带的分配比和位置。结果表明,正交法和Kriging模型可以解决液体火箭发动机液膜冷却优化高设计成本和数值噪声问题。正交试验设计考虑的因素中,影响冷却效率和不均匀度的最大的因素依次为孔型、孔径、径向夹角和轴向夹角。最优的几何参数组合为孔径0.003mm,轴向夹角45°,径向夹角15°,孔型为扩散型。建立的Kriging模型能准确反映液膜质量流量、液膜分配比和冷却环带位置与目标函数的关系。最终得到的优化方案平均冷却效率提高4.9%,不均匀度减少0.025,比冲损失增加0.37%,总目标函数提高184%。优化后涡对的不对称性使得冷却剂展向分布更加均匀,同时反向涡对衰减更快,增强了液膜的附壁性,从而提高冷却效果。     

飞机多学科设计优化中的近似方法分析

首先介绍了近似方法中的二次响应面方法、径向基神经网络方法、Kriging方法和增强的径向基函数方法。结合测试函数和某机翼模型为例,分别用这四种方法构造测试函数和某机翼结构和气动学科的近似模型,并总结这四种方法的特点和在对各种模型近似中的适用性。结果表明,Kriging方法和增强的径向基函数方法的近似是非常精确和稳健的。     

用Kriging方法构建中纬度区域电离层TEC地图

提出了中国中北部及周边(30°N～55°N,70°E～140°E范围内)区域电离层电子浓度总含量(TEC)地图(简称CNC TEC Map)的Kriging算法.比较了目前被广泛使用的电离层模型(Klobuchar,IRI和JPLGIM)与真实的TEC分布的符合情况;比较了常数漂移(普通Kriging方法)、线性漂移和二次漂移的Kriging方法;在三种不同的时间分辨率(5min,30min和120min)下,比较了Kriging算法、就近插值算法和多项式回归算法(5阶)绘制CNC TEC Map的效果.结果显示在本文研究区域内常用的电离层模型与真实TEC分布存在较大的区别;使用普通Kriging方法就可以较好的表示华北地区TEC分布;Kriging方法的结果优于其余两种插值算法,尤其是当时间分辨率提高到5 min时,Kriging算法的优势比较明显.      

An efficient algorithm for calculating Profust failure probability

For efficiently estimating the Profust failure probability based on probability input variables and fuzzy-state assumption, a General Performance Function(GPF) expression is established under the strict mathematical derivation for the Profust reliability model. By constructing the GPF,the calculation of the Profust failure probability can be transformed into the calculation of the traditional failure probability. Then various existing methods for the traditional failure probability can be used to estimate the Profust failure probability. Due to the high efficiency of the Adaptive Kriging(AK) model and the universality of the Monte Carlo Simulation(MCS), AK inserted MCS(abbreviated as AK-MCS) has been proven to be an efficient method for estimating the failure probability. Therefore, the AK-MCS combined with the GPF(abbreviated as AK-MCS + GPF)is proposed for estimating Profust failure probability. The proposed method greatly reduces the computational cost while ensuring the accuracy. Finally, four examples are given to validate the proposed AK-MCS + GPF. The results of the examples show the rationality and the efficiency of the proposed AK-MCS + GPF.     

压气机叶片加工误差影响不确定分析

为了正确评估加工误差的影响,提出了一种考虑加工误差大小、分布随机性的数值研究方法以实现叶片性能不确定性分析。采用NURBS(非均匀有理B样条) 方法实现叶型参数化,通过检测及统计手段获取误差真实分布,运用蒙特卡洛模拟生成随机样本,并训练Kriging代理模型进行不确定性分析,得到了叶片加工误差对气动性能的影响。结果表明:加工误差对气动性能的影响与所处工况有关,最高使得损失增加0.853%;叶型性能对于吸力面表面型线更为敏感,在加工及检测过程应给予更高要求。      

Rotorcraft flight endurance estimation based on a new battery discharge model

To avoid the numerical complexities of the battery discharge law of electric-powered rotorcrafts,this study uses the Kriging method to model the discharge characteristics of Li-Po batteries under standard conditions.A linear current compensation term and an ambient temperature compensation term based on radial basis functions are then applied to the trained Kriging model,leading to the complete discharged capacity-terminal voltage model.Using an orthogonal experimental design and a sequential method,the coefficients of the current and ambient temperature compensation terms are determined through robust optimization.An endurance calculation model for electric-powered rotorcrafts is then established,based on the battery discharge model,through numerical integration.Laboratory tests show that the maximum relative error of the proposed discharged capacity-terminal voltage model at detection points is 0.0086,and that of the rotorcraft endurance calculation model is 0.0195,thus verifying their accuracy.A flight test further demonstrates the applicability of the proposed endurance model to general electric-powered rotorcrafts.     

基于梯度增强型Kriging模型的气动反设计方法

基于Kriging模型的代理优化算法目前在气动优化设计中得到了广泛应用。但在高维(设计变量大于30个)气动优化中,计算量过大的问题对其进一步发展产生了严重制约。将翼型和机翼气动反设计问题转化为优化问题,采用Adjoint方法进行快速梯度求解,利用基于梯度增强型Kriging(GEK)模型的代理优化算法分别开展了18、36和108个设计变量的气动反设计。首先,通过采用在设计空间局部建立GEK模型的方法成功地将基于代理优化算法的气动反设计问题的维度拓展到了100维以上。其次,研究了梯度计算精度对基于GEK模型的反设计的影响,发现梯度精度越高,反设计的最终效果越好,同时效率相当。最后,通过不同维度的气动反设计算例,比较了改进拟牛顿法(BFGS)、基于GEK模型和Kriging模型的代理气动反设计方法,结果表明基于GEK模型的代理优化算法的效率大幅度高于基于Kriging模型的代理优化算法,并且维度越高,效率优势越明显;同时,基于GEK模型的代理优化算法在优化效果及分析程序调用次数上相比于BFGS方法也略有优势。     

涡轮叶片的气动-热-结构多学科设计优化研究

涡轮叶片设计是典型的多学科问题,在保证结果精度的同时必须重视计算效率.通过控制样本的数量和质量,近似模型能够在保证一定精度的前提下,简化多学科优化过程中的数据管理,并提高优化效率.通过分析涡轮转子叶片的气动-热-结构三个学科的设计过程和数据传递关系,充分利用各学科现有的分析工具,建立了涡轮叶片的气动-热-结构多学科优化设计框架.对某涡轮转子叶片分别使用Kriging近似模型和精确分析方法进行优化对比,可以看出两者的结果误差约为1.86%,而效率提高了将近46%,表明采用近似方法的优化结果在工程上是可用的,而且在计算效率更占优势.