Space Debris Reentry Analysis Methods and Tools

The reentry of uncontrolled spacecraft may be broken into many pieces of debris at an altitude in the range of 75-85 km. The surviving fragments could pose great hazard and risk to ground and people. In recent years, methods and tools for predicting and analyzing debris reentry and ground risk assessment have been studied and developed in National Aeronautics and Space Ad-ministration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA) and other organizations, including the group of the present authors. This paper reviews the current progress on this topic of debris reentry briefly. We outline the Monte Carlo method for uncertainty analysis, breakup prediction, and parameters affecting survivability of debris. The existing analysis tools can be classified into two categories, i.e. the object-oriented and the spacecraft-oriented methods, the latter being more accurate than the first one. The past object-oriented tools include objects of only simple shapes. For more realistic simulation, here we present an object-oriented tool debris reentry and ablation prediction system (DRAPS) developed by the present authors, which introduces new object shapes to 15 types, as well as 51 predefined motions and relevant aerodynamic and aerothermal models. The aerodynamic and aerothermal models in DRAPS are validated using direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method.     

Application of Active Flow Control Technique for Gust Load Alleviation

A new gust load alleviation technique is presented in this paper based on active flow control. Numerical studies are conducted to investigate the beneficial effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of the quasi "Global Hawk" airfoil using arrays of jets during the gust process. Based on unsteady Navier-Stokes equations, the grid-velocity method is introduced to simulate the gust influence, and dynamic response in vertical gust flow perturbation is investigated for the airfoil as well. An unsteady surface transpiration boundary condition is enforced over a user specified portion of the airfoil’s surface to emulate the time dependent velocity boundary conditions. Firstly, after applying this method to simulate typical NACA0006 airfoil gust response to a step change in the angle of attack, it shows that the indicial responses of the airfoil make good agreement with the exact theoretical values and the calculated values in references. Furthermore, gust response characteristic for the quasi "Global Hawk" airfoil is analyzed. Five kinds of flow control techniques are introduced as steady blowing, steady suction, unsteady blowing, unsteady suction and synthetic jets. The physical analysis of the influence on the effects of gust load alleviation is proposed to provide some guidelines for practice. Numerical results have indicated that active flow control technique,as a new technology of gust load alleviation, can affect and suppress the fluid disturbances caused by gust so as to achieve the purpose of gust load alleviation.     

环下润滑结构内部流动分析和收油叶片结构优化研究

为了研究环下润滑结构内部流动并优化收油叶片结构,根据环下润滑结构内部高转速、强旋流的流动特点建立了数值计算模型,分析了原始结构的油气两相流动并总结了滑油的损失机理,在此基础上提出收油叶片的优化改进结构,详细讨论了不同收油叶片结构对环下润滑内部流动和收油效率的影响规律。研究结果表明,原始结构中滑油冲击主轴产生的碰撞飞溅和在离心作用下沿收油叶片被向外甩出均是引起收油效率下降的原因;优化收油叶片结构后的气流速度在叶尖附近的最大增加幅度不超过4m/s;收油叶片叶根拐角处采用圆弧过渡且叶根延伸后的收油效率仅在低转速范围内略高于原始结构的收油效率,收油效率最大提升了1.03%;在此基础上增加阶梯结构并进一步延伸叶根后可在全部转速范围内提升收油效率,相对原始结构的收油效率最大可提升接近5.0%。     

高速下模型头部扰动与非对称涡流动响应研究

采用尖拱细长旋成体模型,在M=0．4～1．2范围内,通过表面压力测量和PIV流态观测手段,对高速情况下模型头尖部微扰动与大迎角非对称涡流动的响应关系进行了研究。研究结果表明：在此高速范围内,尖拱细长旋成体的大迎角流动仍然呈现出非对称多涡结构,头部微扰动对非对称涡有影响,但对模型的非对称气动力影响不明显。     

基于表面技术的气动模型精密加工应用研究

表面技术应用于超高速气动实验模型的加工中,结果表明大大提高了模型的寿命,传统机械加工与表面工程相融合是气动模型加工新的复合工艺。     

Flow field and pressure loss analysis of junction and its structure optimization of aircraft hydraulic pipe system

The flow field in junction is complicated due to the ripple property of oil flow velocity and different frequencies of two pumps in aircraft. In this study, the flow fields of T-junction and Y-junction were analyzed using shear stress transport (SST) model in ANSYS/CFX software. The simulation results identified the variation rule of velocity peak in T-junction with different frequencies and phase-differences, meanwhile, the eddy and velocity shock existed in the corner of the T-junction, and the limit working state was obtained. Although the eddy disappeared in Y-junction, the velocity shock and pressure loss were still too big. To address these faults, an arc-junction was designed. Based on the flow fields of arc-junction, the eddy in the junction corner disappeared and the maximum of velocity peak declined compared to T-and Y-junction. Additionally, 8 series of arc-junction with different radiuses were tested to get the variation rule of velocity peak. Through the computation of the pressure loss of three junctions, the arc-junction had a lowest loss value, and its pressure loss reached the minimum value when the curvature radius is 35.42 mm, meanwhile, the velocity shock has decreased in a low phase.     

电弧加热射流O2激光诱导荧光技术温度测量

采用ArF准分子激光器作为激发光源来激励O2-Schumann-Runge带系(B3Σ-u←X3Σ-g)193.3nm附近的转动吸收谱线,用紫外光电倍增管探测该带系256nm附近的荧光信号,建立了ArF准分子激光器O2激光诱导荧光流场测试系统.在建立O2单带测温模型和软件的基础上,利用Schumann-Runge带系(10,2)带的荧光信号、测量了氧氩混合电弧加热射流的径向温度分布.结果表明我们建立的ArF准分子激光器O2-LIF测试系统是成功的.     

高超声速风洞变雷诺数试验技术研究

为满足高超声速飞行器气动力雷诺数效应研究需求,在CARDC的Φ1米高超声速风洞中开展了变雷诺数试验技术研究.该项试验技术是利用Φ1米高超声速风洞采用高压下吹-真空抽吸驱动运行方式、风洞运行参数范围宽的特点,通过宽范围内调节风洞运行总压而大幅改变模拟雷诺数.研究采用了单点变雷诺数试验技术和连续变雷诺数试验技术两种手段来开展高超声速飞行器气动力雷诺数效应模拟.单点变雷诺数试验是通过一系列不同雷诺数条件、不同试验车次的试验结果,获得气动特性随雷诺数的变化规律;连续变雷诺数试验时,控制风洞总压从高到低连续变化,测量获取模型处于某一姿态角条件时气动力随雷诺数的变化规律.本文介绍了变雷诺数试验的风洞开车方式、试验及数据处理方法等,并开展了某升力体飞行器和某弹头模型雷诺数效应试验研究.研究结果表明:采用单点和连续变雷诺数试验技术相结合的方式,能较为完整、准确地获得飞行器模型气动力随雷诺数的变化规律.     

Boundary-layer transition prediction using a simplified correlation-based model

This paper describes a simplified transition model based on the recently developed correlation-based c ? Reht transition model. The transport equation of transition momentum thick-ness Reynolds number is eliminated for simplicity, and new transition length function and critical Reynolds number correlation are proposed. The new model is implemented into an in-house com-putational fluid dynamics (CFD) code and validated for low and high-speed flow cases, including the zero pressure flat plate, airfoils, hypersonic flat plate and double wedge. Comparisons between the simulation results and experimental data show that the boundary-layer transition phenomena can be reasonably illustrated by the new model, which gives rise to significant improvements over the fully laminar and fully turbulent results. Moreover, the new model has comparable features of accuracy and applicability when compared with the original c ? Reht model. In the meantime, the newly proposed model takes only one transport equation of intermittency factor and requires fewer correlations, which simplifies the original model greatly. Further studies, especially on separation-induced transition flows, are required for the improvement of the new model.