Experimental investigation of flow and distortion mitigation by mechanical vortex generators in a coupled serpentine inlet-turbofan engine system

The performance of compact, aggressive ducts in advanced propulsion systems is limited by the internal flow separation coupled with the formation of secondary counter-rotating vortices that give rise to intensive flow distortions at the duct exit. An experimental investigation was conducted to study the flow field and passive suppression of flow separation and Aerodynamic Interface Plane (AIP) distortion in a serpentine air inlet duct. Tests were performed by a turbofan engine at several Engine Operating Points (EOPs) from 56% (idle) to 100% (max). A large total pressure deficit region arose at the upper part of the AIP, which was associated with the upper surface flow separation. Using the new mechanical S-type vortex generators in two longitudinal positions (VG1 and VG2), separation and loss were diminished at the upper part of the duct and AIP. The VG2 arrangement attained the maximum reductions in distortion coefficients which were 73.72%, 60.7% and 37.8% in DC(90°), DC(60°) and ΔP_C/P metrics, respectively. In the next step of the study, some unsteady aspects of the flow field were analyzed inside the duct. The separation onset and reattachment points were determined by the standard deviation of static pressure on the upper surface. The AIP spectral distribution showed that the boundary of low pressure and high pressure recovery regions was dominated by the maximum fluctuations. Furthermore, the PSD diagram of several probes at AIP revealed the vortex shedding frequency and its higher harmonics at separation region. The energy content of distinct unsteady spectral features in the bare configuration was significantly reduced using VGs, which showed the improvement of flow at the duct exit.     

横向射流对凹腔湍流特性影响的数值模拟

为拓宽先进旋涡燃烧室运用领域,探索横向射流与先进旋涡燃烧室凹腔之间的相互作用,采用数值模拟方法,研究了燃料横向射流对凹腔内旋涡结构和燃料分布的影响,以及射流对燃烧室湍流燃烧流动的作用规律。结果表明,冷态射流时,凹腔内湍流强度随射流中心距凹腔的距离增大而增大,且旋涡结构逐渐趋于均匀稳定对称;横向射流可加强燃料与空气的卷吸混合,同时加剧凹腔内质量扩散输运;射流燃烧时,凹腔内可形成高温区域,但旋涡流场由冷态时的两对旋涡结构转变为单对旋涡结构,且旋涡相对不稳定。     

Low-frequency unsteadiness of vortex wakes over slender bodies at high angle of attack

A type of flow unsteadiness with low frequencies and large amplitude was investigated experimentally for vortex wakes around an ogive-tangent cylinder. The experiments were carried out at angles of attack of 60–80 and subcritical Reynolds numbers of 0.6–1.8×105. The reduced frequencies of the unsteadiness are between 0.038 and 0.072, much less than the frequency of Karman vortex shedding. The unsteady flow induces large fluctuations of sectional side forces. The results of pressure measurements and particle image velocimetry indicate that the flow unsteadiness comes from periodic oscillation of the vortex wakes over the slender body. The time-averaged vortex patterns over the slender body are asymmetric, whose orientation is dependent on azimuthal locations of tip perturbations. Therefore, the vortex oscillation is a type of unsteady oscillation around a time-averaged asymmetric vortex structure.     

民用飞机增升装置中的流动控制技术

传统的增升装置设计受到各种约束条件的限制,难以充分发挥增升效果,甚至无法达到飞机对增升效果的需求,而流动控制技术可以弥补这些缺陷。通过搜集大量文献,阐述了襟翼涡流发生器、主翼后缘偏折技术、ZHU’s襟翼、自激励运动襟翼、零质量射流、等离子体技术、MEMS技术以及动力增升等各类主动控制技术的工作原理,增升效果分析以及具体应用情况等。结果表明,这些流动控制新技术对于进一步提高民用飞机的增升效果具有巨大的潜力。     

合成气旋流预混燃烧的大涡模拟

如何高效洁净地燃烧合成气是整体煤气化联合循环(IGcc)系统中面临的主要问题.利用旋流贫燃预混燃烧可以达到强化传热传质,提高燃烧反应效率,降低NOx等目的,但由于合成气中所含有的H2成分,同样面临燃烧不稳定问题.为了对合成气旋流预混燃烧室的燃烧不稳定性及污染物排放提供理论和数值上的指导,采用大涡模拟方法,对典型的旋流预混燃烧室中的合成气燃烧进行了模拟.结果显示,随着H2含量的增加,火焰缩短向上游发展,燃烧室下游涡破碎更加集中.较高的入口雷诺数,加剧了涡团破碎的程度和速度,同时影响中心回流区和几何回流区的大小及分布.随着当量比的减小,火焰褶皱程度加大,燃烧趋向不稳定.增大压力火焰长度会明显缩短,NOx排放量也会随之增大,但NOx的反应速率只有在较低压力下才会对压力变化比较敏感.     

端壁附面层抽吸对大转角扩压叶栅旋涡影响的实验研究

为探明附面层抽吸技术对压气机叶栅气动性能的影响及其与栅内旋涡结构的关联,通过十个横截面的实验测量结果研究了高负荷压气机叶栅抽吸端壁附面层前后的主要旋涡结构以其对应损失的演变过程。研究对象为矩形低速扩压叶栅,来流马赫数约为0.23。研究结果表明,端壁附面层的变化对叶栅端区的主要旋涡发展过程影响显著。在原型方案中,壁面涡、尾缘脱落涡的演变过程对应着较高的流动损失,通道涡自身产生的损失较小,主要起到向远离端壁的方向输运低能流体的作用;在流向槽吸气方案中,壁面涡和尾缘脱落涡因端壁附面层径向迁移及角区分离受到抑制而被明显削弱;而来流附面层抽吸方案则最为有效地控制了通道涡的演变过程。      

Review of theoretical achievements for starting flow problem for all Mach numbers

The typical behavior of unsteady flow and force evolution in a number of applications, such as aero-elastics, gust-wing interaction, flapping flight and flight maneuvering, can be understood using the starting flow model. Starting flow model is obtained either by setting rapidly an angle of attack for a wing moving at constant speed, or by accelerating a wing to a constant speed while gaining an angle of attack. In the limiting case of impulsively starting flow, the wing is assumed to gain suddenly an angle of attack in an initially uniform flow. Theories have been developed for impulsively starting flow at small angle of attack long before and at large angle of attack only recently, especially for incompressible and supersonic flow. This paper intends to provide a state-of-art overview of the typical flow phenomena, force evolution characteristics and developed theories for impulsively starting flow at any angle of attack and for both lower speed flow (vortex dominated) and high speed flow (compressible wave dominated). This review also provides some new topics that deserve further studies.     

新Omega涡识别法在液体火箭发动机涡轮氧泵中的应用

离心泵中流动不稳定现象与流场中旋涡的形成及演化过程密切相关。为解决传统涡识别法在高速离心泵流场涡结构捕捉方面的缺陷,引入新Omega涡识别法,对液体火箭发动机涡轮氧泵流场中的涡结构进行了分析。确定了新Omega涡识别法在高速离心泵流场涡结构捕捉方面的优势,利用该方法对涡轮氧泵中离心轮与扩压器之间的动静干涉机理进行了阐释。结果表明:对于高速离心泵,传统Q准则以及λ2准则涡识别法错误地将壁面强剪切层识别为旋涡,而新Omega涡识别方法能够有效滤除流场中非旋转涡量部分,较好地捕捉流场中涡结构,可作为高速离心泵流场涡结构识别的首选方法。通过离心轮与扩压器动静干涉区域旋涡演化过程分析可知,涡轮氧泵离心轮与扩压器之间的动静干涉效应主要源自于扩压器叶片压力面上的周期性涡脱落现象。     

基于涡流发生器原理的先进旋涡燃烧室燃烧特性研究

为了研究基于涡流发生器(VG)射流原理的先进旋涡燃烧室(AVC)燃烧及流动性能,对不同射流参数(射流前倾角α、侧倾角β、射流孔径D及射流比R)时燃烧流场进行了数值模拟。结果表明,基于涡流发生器射流原理的AVC性能优于传统射流AVC。增大α及β,可以提高燃气掺混率,增大凹腔中心湍流度,并使更多的热能转化为燃烧室出口动能,但是总压损失明显增大。增大侧倾角β可使凹腔内高温分布更均匀。随着射流孔径D及射流比R的增大,燃烧室整体温度分布先增大后减小。当α=60°,β=60°时燃烧室能够在贫燃条件下实现高温、低压降、低污染的稳定燃烧。     

高DN值滚子轴承保持架断裂分析

对高DN值(轴承内径与转速的乘积)滚子轴承保持架断裂的故障机理进行仿真,采用超高周疲劳理论对仿真结果进行分析,结果表明:以往基于高周疲劳概念的保持架设计方法不适用于高DN值轴承保持架,超长寿命期内造成断裂所需的应力远低于材料的疲劳极限。造成高DN值滚子轴承保持架断裂的主要应力来自高转速带来的离心应力,而兜孔圆角过小导致应力集中过大是造成轴承保持架断裂主要原因,因此增大保持架兜孔圆角或清根能够降低局部应力集中,有利于防止保持架的断裂,提高轴承的可靠性。