Advances in critical technologies for hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnel

Hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels and their measurement techniques are the cornerstone of the hypersonic flight era that is a dream for human beings to fly faster, higher and further. The great progress has been achieved during the recent years and their critical technologies are still in an urgent need for further development. There are at least four kinds of hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels that are widely applied over the world and can be classified according to their operation modes. These wind tunnels are named as air-directly-heated hypersonic wind tunnel, light-gas-heated shock tunnel, free-piston-driven shock tunnel and detonation-driven shock tunnel, respectively. The critical technologies for developing the wind tunnels are introduced in this paper, and their merits and weakness are discussed based on wind tunnel performance evaluation. Measurement techniques especially developed for high-enthalpy flows are a part of the hypersonic wind tunnel technology because the flow is a chemically reacting gas motion and its diagnosis needs specially designed instruments. Three kinds of the measurement techniques considered to be of primary importance are introduced here, including the heat flux sensor, the aerodynamic balance, and optical diagnosis techniques. The techniques are developed usually for conventional wind tunnels, but further improved for hypersonic and high-enthalpy tunnels. The hypersonic ground test facilities have provided us with most of valuable experimental data on high-enthalpy flows and will play a more important role in hypersonic research area in the future. Therefore, several prospects for developing hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels are presented from our point of view.     

Sensitivity analysis of flowfield modeling parameters upon the flow structure and aerodynamics of an opposing jet over a hypersonic blunt body

Implementation of an opposing jet in design of a hypersonic blunt body significantly modifies the external flowfield and yields a considerable reduction in the aerodynamic drag. This study aims to investigate the effects of flowfield modeling parameters of injection and freestream on the flow structure and aerodynamics of a blunt body with an opposing jet in hypersonic flow. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with a Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model are employed to simulate the intricate jet flow interaction. Through utilizing a Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos (NIPC) method to construct surrogates, a functional relation is established between input modeling parameters and output flowfield and aerodynamic quantities in concern. Sobol indices in sensitivity analysis are introduced to represent the relative contribution of each parameter. It is found that variations in modeling parameters produce large variations in the flow structure and aerodynamics. The jet-to-freestream total-pressure ratio, jet Mach number, and freestream Mach number are the major contributors to variation in surface pressure, demonstrating an evident location-dependent behavior. The penetration length of injection, reattachment angle of the shear layer, and aerodynamic drag are also most sensitive to the three crucial parameters above. In comparison, the contributions of freestream temperature, freestream density, and jet total temperature are nearly negligible.     

端壁抽吸对压气机叶栅间隙泄漏流控制策略的研究

为了研究压气机机匣端壁抽吸对间隙泄漏流动控制的可行性和有效性,以高负荷压气机叶栅为研究对象,通过数值模拟方法对不同抽吸位置和抽吸流量率控制参数下的计算工况进行了对比和分析。研究结果表明:端壁抽吸可以直接地影响叶尖泄漏流的结构形态和存在形式,减弱叶尖泄漏流的强度和影响范围,进而提升压气机叶栅的性能;当抽吸槽覆盖范围包含叶尖泄漏流形成位置及稍靠后附近区域时,所对应的抽吸方案具有较好的控制效果,在0°攻角和0.5%的抽吸流量条件下前槽抽吸和中槽抽吸分别可获得7.04%和7.76%的叶栅总压损失增益;并且进一步研究发现端壁抽吸流量率存在上临界值,应针对不同攻角工况,在其相应的临界值范围内选择合理的抽吸流量,以达到用较小的吸气量实现对间隙泄漏流的控制。     

瞬变流速作用下姿控发动机燃料管路的非线性振动特性分析

为研究瞬变流速激励下某型卫星姿控发动机燃料输送管路的非线性振动特性,采用加权余量法和四阶Runge—Kutta法对燃料输送管路的非线性液固耦合振动模型进行了数值仿真,研究不同燃料流速下、电磁阀开关时长对燃料管路非线性振动稳定性的影响.仿真结果表明,依据管路特征线可将管路振动分为稳定振动区和不稳定振动区,且不稳定振动主要...     

火星大气来流模拟装置CFD仿真与试验

根据我国火星着陆巡视器工作过程,其着陆发动机需要在相对火星大气高速迎风运动中可靠点火。由于巡视器着陆时发动机喷管出口气流与火星稀薄气流方向相反,目前无法通过理论计算准确获得着陆过程的动态流场对发动机起动过程的影响量值。为验证火星着陆环境下发动机点火的适应性,需要建立发动机的火星大气来流试验环境模拟条件。为模拟发动机在火星大气条件下的相对运动,在真空舱内发动机保持固定,前端设置环形来流形成装置,该装置在发动机喷管周围形成一定速度的逆向来流包络。采用数值模拟技术结合试验验证方法,在火星着陆器巡视器主发动机性能考核试验中,针对来流的形成装置开展了设计研究工作。来流模拟试验测试数据表明:在确保贮箱供应压力稳定的条件下,来流模拟系统能够形成100~200 m/s速度的稳定来流,发动机在来流下能稳定启动工作,真空舱压力满足试验要求。     

低速压气机静叶非定常Clocking效应数值模拟

采用三维粘性非定常数值模拟方法研究了重复级低速压气机内部非定常流动,其中包括静叶Clocking(时序)效应以及尾迹-边界层、尾迹-尾迹和尾迹-泄漏流的相互作用.对静叶时序效应的结果分析显示,当两级静叶相对周向位置改变时最大效率变化只有0.1%,表明低速压气机中静叶时序效应不明显.另外,非定常结果流动图画显示,在非定常环境下上游周期性尾迹的通过对下游叶片边界层、尾迹以及叶尖泄漏流的发展都有一定影响.     

连续突变管道流动局部水头损失建模研究

管道系统中设置的阀门、限流环等十分常见,装备限流装置的管道本质就是典型的连续突变管道。突变管道流动存在十分明显的局部水头损失,因此工程设计人员在进行管道系统设计时不得不考虑因管道突变而产生的局部水头损失;目前针对单个突变管道流动局部水头损失已有较为深入的研究,并已推导出相应的计算模型,但对于连续突变管路的水头损失研究较少,工程设计中对于连续突变管路的局部水头损失计算采用基于单个突变管道水头损失的叠加计算法,由于连续突变管路流动为极其复杂的湍流,基于单个突变管道水头损失的叠加计算法而得到的连续突变管路的局部水头损失结果误差较大。鉴于此,采用理论推导与实验相结合的方法,设计四种不同管径比的管道以及23种不同进口流量工况,并以航空煤油为介质进行实验,利用实验结果进行分析并对传统的突变管道水头损失的叠加计算法进行修正,提出了连续突缩突扩管道的局部水头损失修正计算模型,其计算结果相比于传统计算方法在精度上得到了显著性提高,为工程管道系统设计中的连续突变管路局部水头损失计算提供了有力依据。     

桨叶实度及轴间距对摆线桨气动特性影响研究

悬停状态下,设计参数和摆线桨间距离对摆线桨的气动特性有较大影响。首先通过算例验证滑移网格计算方法应用于摆线桨悬停状态下气动力计算的准确性,然后研究摆线桨在不同半径、弦长和桨叶数时的气动参数特性,最后计算分析不同距离时,摆线桨间的气动干扰特性。结果表明:随着半径增大,桨叶气动力和单位面积上载荷均增大;弦长越大,气动力越大,桨叶单位面积上载荷反而越小;4叶片摆线桨产生的气动力比3叶片和6叶片大,而3叶片的桨叶载荷最大;合力偏转角分别随转速和实度的增大而减小;随着摆线桨间距离的增加,气动力损失系数和合力偏转角均减小。     

客机通风系统中风扇流量特性数值模拟与研究

研究客机通风系统中某型风扇在变流量条件下风扇各个性能参数的变化趋势。用基于CFX的数值模拟的方法得到了各流量下的风扇效率、压升、功率等参数和叶片表面静压力分布以及流场中的漩涡结构。计算与分析表明总压效率在一定范围内会随流量增大而增加,当流量达到一定值后再增加流量会使效率急剧降低。另外,流量的变化导致叶片表面静压力以及风扇所受气动力的变化,在低流量下,叶轮所受气动力存在一个最低点。在给定的流量范围内流场中的漩涡结构也会随流量变化,这主要是因为流量变化引起了攻角的变化。     

悬臂静子间隙影响的计算分析

悬臂静子在小型涡轮喷气和涡轴发动机的轴流压气机上广泛应用,为了探讨不同条件下悬臂静子间隙的影响,在特定的环境下,分别针对常规负荷和高负荷、小轮毂比和中等轮毂比,组合成几种不同方案,计算分析了静子根部径向间隙分别为弦长的0%、0.25%、0.5%、1%、1.5%和2%情况。计算结果表明:与叶栅中情况类似,在压气机中,悬臂静子同样存在一个特性上表现最优的最佳间隙;在根部未发生角区失速的大流量状态和设计状态,间隙的引入会使得特性恶化,在根部发生角区失速后的小流量状态,间隙的引入则能使得特性变优;间隙形成的泄漏流对角区分离的影响与间隙大小和角区分离程度相关;压气机设计状态负荷水平减小后,间隙的影响规律基本不变;轮毂比增大后,最佳间隙值有减小的趋势。