Effects of wing flexibility on aerodynamic performance of an aircraft model

The low-speed wind tunnel experiment is carried out on a simplified aircraft model to explore the influence of wing flexibility on the aircraft aerodynamic performance. The investigation involves the measurements of force, membrane deformation and velocity field at Reynolds number of 5.4 × 10⁴–1.1 × 10⁵. In the lift curves, two peaks are observed. The first peak, corresponding to the stall, is sensitive to the wing flexibility much more than the second peak, which nearly keeps constant. For the optimal case, in comparison with the rigid wing model, the delayed stall of nearly 5° is achieved, and the relative lift increment is about 90%. It is revealed that the lift enhanced region corresponds to the larger deformation and stronger vibration, which leads to stronger flow mixing near the flexible wing surface. Thereby, the leading-edge separation is suppressed, and the aerodynamic performance is improved significantly. Furthermore, the effects of sweep angle and Reynolds number on the aerodynamic characteristics of flexible wing are also presented.     

Fully distributed time-varying formation tracking control for multiple quadrotor vehicles via finite-time convergent extended state observer

This paper investigates a time-varying anti-disturbance formation problem for a group of quadrotor aircrafts with time-varying uncertainties and a directed interaction topology. A novel Finite-Time Convergent Extended State Observer (FTCESO) based fully-distributed formation control scheme is proposed to enhance the disturbance rejection and the formation tracking performances for networked quadrotors. By adopting the hierarchical control strategy, the multi-quadrotor system is separated into two subsystems: the outer-loop cooperative subsystem and the inner-loop attitude subsystem. In the outer-loop subsystem, with the estimation of disturbing forces and uncertain dynamics from FTCESOs, an adaptive consensus theory based cooperative controller is exploited to ensure the multiple quadrotors form and maintain a time-varying pattern relying only on the positions of the neighboring aircrafts. In the inner-loop subsystem, the desired attitude generated by the cooperative control law is stably tracked under a FTCESO-based attitude controller in a finite time. Based on a detailed algorithm to specify the cooperative control protocol, the feasibility condition to achieve the time-varying anti-disturbance formation tracking is derived and the rigorous analysis of the whole closed-loop multi-quadrotor system is given. Some numerical examples are conducted to intuitively demonstrate the effectiveness and the improvements of the proposed control framework.     

前向数据接入方式对导航星座网络通信性能的影响分析

对采用时分多址轮询建链体制的导航星座星间链路网络，为了指导星间链路网络地面前向数据接入的应用，分析了不同地面前向数据接入方式的星-星-地联合数据交互机制及其对网络通信性能的影响，并结合应用代价给出了综合评价和使用建议。以前向数据最快路径接入方式和固定节点接入方式为代表，分析了星间链路网络与地面间星 星 地联合数据交互机制的特点，明确了两种方式下星间链路网络拓扑路由规划策略的制定原则。通过构建Walker 24/3/1导航星座星间链路网络数据处理模型及典型星地运行场景，对两种地面前向数据接入方式仿真分析了星间链路通信容量和传输时延等网络通信性能，比较分析了通信容量及数据拥塞规律，得出前向数据最快路径接入方式相比于固定节点接入方式在通信性能上有较明显优势的结论。最后，综合给出了两种星 星 地联合数据交互机制的应用性评价,同时给出了在通信容量较低且通信时延要求不高、但可靠性要求较高的应用条件下，可适度采用固定节点接入方式的建议。     

不同迎角下脊形前体绕流数值模拟研究

脊形前体有较强的背风涡流场,不同的前体形状对前体涡流场和气动力有很大的影响。本文针对脊形前体飞行器大迎角湍流大分离流动计算的困难,采用IDDES混合湍流模型,以及与之匹配的非定常算法,研究了不同来流迎角下脊形前体的气动特性,以及背风涡非定常演化、破裂的细致流动结构。选取了不同脊形角,以及不同上、下高宽比的脊形前体进行计算。计算结果表明,在迎角较小时,随着迎角的增大,前体主涡会逐渐增强,在迎角较大时,前体主涡破裂;在相同迎角下,脊形角较小时,前体涡较强,涡升力也更大;对于相同脊形角的前体,当上半截面高宽比较小时,前体主涡强度较大,前体涡破裂临界迎角较小,即会提前破裂。     

非恒定增压式微尺度拉瓦尔喷管流动特性

针对微尺度喷流在航天器运动状态切换时出现的非恒定增压变化,采用直接模拟蒙特卡洛(DSMC)方法对阶跃式增压和线性式增压两种模式下的微尺度拉瓦尔喷管流场进行了模拟,并对其变化过程中的流动特性进行了对比分析。结果显示：阶跃式增压会导致流动特性出现较大幅值的峰谷式波动,而线性式增压下的流动特性则呈现出线性变化的特点;黏性力对微尺度喷流的非恒定增压变化产生了重要的黏滞作用,在喉部扩张段至出口的流场中尤为明显;在设定的条件下,阶跃式增压过程中喷流产生的总冲量较线性式增压高59.5%,质量流量高74.7%,单位工质提供的冲量低约8.6%,波动性也高于线性式模型,阶跃式增压适用于系统需要较大推力改变运动状态且推进剂充足的情况,而线性式增压在系统精确微调或需要推进剂产生更高效能时具有明显的优势。     

大气环境对直升机旋翼桨-涡干扰噪声辐射特性的影响

建立了一个适用于旋翼桨-涡干扰气动载荷计算的计算流体力学(Computational fluid dynamics,CFD)/自由尾迹耦合模型,为提高计算效率,提出了一种高效的耦合策略进行不同计算域间的信息交换策略。在此基础上,结合基于声类比法的FW-H方程构建了旋翼桨-涡干扰噪声的计算方法。应用所建立的方法,以OLS(Operational loads survey)旋翼为研究对象,深入分析了大气环境对旋翼噪声辐射特性的影响。研究发现:随着飞行高度的增加,旋翼噪声辐射特性发生了明显的改变,逐渐由桨盘前行侧转变为指向桨盘前方,噪声幅值先增大后减小。文中从桨-涡干扰距离、干扰位置变化角度计算分析了大气压力、音速及空气密度等环境参数对旋翼桨-涡干扰噪声辐射特性的影响,并得出了一些有实际意义的影响规律。     

基于拉格朗日方法的通气云状空泡三维非定常脱落特性研究

采用均相流模型并结合FBM湍流模型,对绕轴对称回转体通气云状空泡流动特性进行了三维数值模拟,基于实验结果对数值方法进行验证,同时利用基于拉格朗日体系的有限时间李雅普诺夫指数(FTLE)、拉格朗日拟序结构(LCS)和粒子追踪方法分析了其三维非定常脱落特性。研究结果表明:纵截面上空泡覆盖区域的拉格朗日拟序结构整体呈椭球状分布,内部为不规律的复杂拟序结构;不同横截面上拟序结构分布存在很大差异。空泡内部的非对称流动结构和周向流动导致空泡呈现很强的三维运动特性。反向射流在周向上推进的不同步性,是造成空泡呈现不规则断裂和大尺度U型空泡团脱落的主要原因。     

共轴刚性旋翼气动干扰数值计算方法

建立了一个适用于共轴刚性旋翼气动特性分析的数值模拟方法。该方法采用任意拉格朗日欧拉方法(Arbitrary Lagrange Euler,ALE)描述的可压缩Navier-Stokes(N-S)方程求解流场,采用低数值耗散的Roe格式进行空间离散;使用多重嵌套网格方法以模拟双旋翼的运动。针对共轴刚性旋翼配平,引入"差量修正"策略解决了传统配平中雅克比矩阵计算复杂的问题。首先,对Harrington-2共轴双旋翼的悬停气动性能进行了计算,然后,对某2 m直径共轴双旋翼的悬停及前飞状态进行了计算,并与试验值进行了对比。结果表明:在典型状态下拉力系数的计算结果与试验值误差在3%以内,扭矩系数的计算结果与试验值误差基本在5%以内;所采用的数值计算方法对旋翼涡尾迹特征具有较高的捕捉精度,可以有效模拟共轴刚性旋翼悬停和小速度前飞下的复杂流场及其细节特征。     

摆线桨非定常动态失速的三维效应

对摆线桨三维全尺寸模型进行了非定常数值模拟。验证了两种嵌套网格方法的可靠性与适用性,针对二维/三维情况下摆线桨非定常涡流动特性及诱导分离特性开展了数值分析,重点研究了展向气动力随方位角的分布与全局流场的诱导速度分布,并分析了尾迹捕捉精度与涡量耗散特征。结果表明:受摆线桨切向速度、展向诱导速度等三维效应影响,两种计算结果的瞬态气动力极值差值达到44%。三维动态失速涡的产生、脱落与再附明显弱于二维翼型情况,这对于摆线桨非定常气动特性有较大影响。      

A self-similar solution of a curved shock wave and its time-dependent force variation for a starting flat plate airfoil in supersonic flow

The problem of aeroelasticity and maneuvering of command surface and gust wing interaction involves a starting flow period which can be seen as the flow of an airfoil attaining suddenly an angle of attack. In the linear or nonlinear case, compressive Mach or shock waves are generated on the windward side and expansive Mach or rarefaction waves are generated on the leeward side. On each side, these waves are composed of an oblique steady state wave, a vertically-moving one-dimensional unsteady wave, and a secondary wave resulting from the interaction between the steady and unsteady ones. An analytical solution in the secondary wave has been obtained by Heaslet and Lomax in the linear case, and this linear solution has been borrowed to give an approximate solution by Bai and Wu for the nonlinear case. The structure of the secondary shock wave and the appearance of various force stages are two issues not yet considered in previous studies and has been studied in the present paper. A self-similar solution is obtained for the secondary shock wave, and the reason to have an initial force plateau as observed numerically is identified. Moreover, six theoretical characteristic time scales for pressure load variation are determined which explain the slope changes of the time-dependent force curve.