Flapping wing micro-aerial-vehicle:Kinematics,membranes, and flapping mechanisms of ornithopter and insect flight

The application of biomimetics in the development of unmanned-aerial-vehicles (UAV) has advanced to an exceptionally small scale of nano-aerial-vehicles (NAV), which has surpassed its immediate predecessor of micro-aerial-vehicles (MAV), leaving a vast range of development possi-bilities that MAVs have to offer. Because of the prompt advancement into the NAV research devel-opment, the true potential and challenges presented by MAV development were never solved, understood, and truly uncovered, especially under the influence of transition and low Reynolds number flow characteristics. This paper reviews a part of previous MAV research developments which are deemed important of notification; kinematics, membranes, and flapping mechanisms ranges from small birds to big insects, which resides within the transition and low Reynolds number regimes. This paper also reviews the possibility of applying a piezoelectric transmission used to pro-duce NAV flapping wing motion and mounted on a MAV, replacing the conventional motorized flapping wing transmission. Findings suggest that limited work has been done for MAVs matching these criteria. The preferred research approach has seen bias towards numerical analysis as com-pared to experimental analysis.     

Advances and trends in plastic forming technologies for welded tubes

With the implementation of environmental protection, sustainable development and conservation-oriented policies, components and parts of thin-walled welded tubes have gained increasing application in the aircraft and automotive industries because of their advantages: easily achieving forming and manufacturing process at low cost and in a short time. The current research on welded tube plastic forming is mainly concentrated on tube internal high-pressure forming, tube bending forming, and tube spinning forming. The focuses are on the material properties and characterization of welded tubes, finite element modeling for welded tube forming, and inhomogeneous deformation behavior and the mechanism and rules of deformation coordination in welded tube plastic forming. This paper summarizes the research progress in welded tube plastic forming from these aspects. Finally, with a focus on the urgent demand of the aviation, aerospace and automotive industries for high-strength and light-weight tubes, this paper discusses the development trends and challenges in the theory and technology of welded tube plastic forming in the future. Among them,laser tailor-welded technology will find application in the manufacture of high-strength steel tubes.Tube-end forming technology, such as tube flaring and flanging technology, will expand its application in welded tubes. Therefore, future studies will focus on the FE modeling regarding how to consider effects of welding on residual stresses, welding distortions and microstructure, the inhomogeneous deformation and coordination mechanism of the plastic forming process of tailor-welded tubes, and some end-forming processes of welded tubes, and more comprehensive research on the forming mechanism and limit of welded tubes.     

基于线化稳定性理论的后掠翼边界层内横流稳定性研究

采用Mack方法求解忽略曲率和压缩性的三维线化稳定性方程（Orr-Sommerfeld方程）,针对无限展长后掠翼,计算分析边界层内不同波长横流驻波沿弦向的放大率,确定最不稳定波的波长。计算结果与参考文献中的实验结论和计算结果符合较好,表明该方法能够准确的预测出最不稳定波的波长,可以用来指导横流驻波主导下的后掠翼流动稳定性问题研究。     

低雷诺数条件下微型无人机机翼形状的研究

利用CFD软件FLUENT,通过Spalart-Allmaras模型、低Reynolds和二层模型这3种湍流模型对正八边形机翼平面布局进行绕流分析并与试验数据进行对比,选择了低Reynolds湍流模型对4种微型无人机机翼平面形状的低雷诺数气动特性进行模拟分析,结果表明,矩形布局和反齐默曼布局是微型无人机比较理想的设计选择.     

小展弦比飞翼布局作战飞机垂直面机动性研究

比较分析了某小展弦比飞翼布局作战飞机与典型的常规布局战斗机F16在亚、跨、超声速范围的气动特性,相对而言,飞翼布局飞机具有较大的升阻比和较低的翼载荷.计算并分析了该飞翼布局作战飞机与F16在垂直机动面内的平飞加速性能和跃升性能,得到了由于布局和气动特性不同引起的飞翼布局作战飞机机动性的新特点.研究结果对飞翼布局作战飞机的设计和作战使用均具有一定的参考意义.     

一种三维弹性机翼气动优化新方法

基于控制理论方法和有限元分析软件,通过将网格生成、流场计算、有限元分析、粘性伴随方程数值求解、梯度求解和拟牛顿优化算法等几方面的有效结合,研究与发展了计及静气动弹性影响的三维机翼气动优化设计方法,其中,雷诺平均Navier-Stokes方程为主控方程,气动载荷和结构静弹性变形量由气动/结构方程的耦合迭代求解得到,目标函数梯度信息由共轭方程数值求解得到。典型大展弦比机翼气动减阻设计结果表明：研究及发展的计及静气动弹性影响的三维机翼气动优化设计方法是有效的,能够有效考虑静气动弹性的影响。     

一种计及静气动弹性变形影响的跨声速机翼气动优化设计方法研究

耦合流场控制方程和结构静平衡方程求解得到大展弦比跨声速弹性机翼气动性能,分析研究了结构静弹性变形对气动载荷的影响.在此基础上以机翼典型剖面外形和机翼型架外形为设计变量进行了基于控制理论的跨声速弹性机翼气动优化设计方法研究,实现了在真实飞行条件下考虑静气动弹性变形影响的大展弦比跨声速弹性机翼一体化优化设计.优化设计算例结果表明所发展的方法是成功的,优化得到的弹性机翼在满足升力系数约束条件下提高了升阻比.     

后掠翼三维鼓包串激波控制参数的影响

针对跨声速后掠翼,三维鼓包串作为一种有效的减阻方式具有结构简单、高效及鲁棒性好等优点.利用全局优化算法探索了鼓包设计参数空间的整体特性,并对鼓包长度、三维鼓包展向设计参数对鼓包减阻效果的影响进行了研究,发现鼓包顶点位置和高度对阻力系数最敏感,三维鼓包的展向设计参数则对阻力系数不敏感,而鼓包长度和鼓包相对展长越长越有利于减阻.在此基础上开展了小后掠角自然层流机翼加3种不同类型鼓包串的优化研究,通过优化结果发现,增加优化后的三维鼓包串,可将小后掠角自然层流机翼阻力发散马赫数向后推移,并且鼓包平均长度和控制区越大,效果越好.三维鼓包串具有良好的局部控制特性,可用于局部较强激波的抑制.三维鼓包串对常规后掠翼波阻具有良好的控制效果,同时能够抑制激波诱导的机翼后缘气流分离.      

毫秒脉冲等离子体激励改善飞翼的气动性能实验

在来流速度为30m/s时,进行了毫秒脉冲介质阻挡放电等离子体激励改善飞翼气动性能的风洞实验.等离子体激励器布置在飞翼前缘,峰峰值电压为9.5kV时,放电的脉冲能量在0.1mJ/cm量级.通过六分量测力天平测力研究了脉冲激励频率和占空比对升/阻力系数、升阻比和俯仰力矩系数的作用效果.结果表明:等离子体激励可以有效改善飞翼大攻角气动特性;在最佳无量纲脉冲激励频率F+≈1时,临界失速迎角由14°提高到17°,最大升力系数提高10%;占空比对流动控制效果影响较大,减小占空比可以降低能耗,实验中最佳占空比为5%;俯仰力矩系数的变化表明施加等离子体激励改善了飞翼纵向静稳定性.      

机翼顶起设计解析

飞机全机顶起是飞机维护时必不可少的操作程序,其中机翼顶起是全机顶起的一个重要组成部分。机翼顶起设计包括两个方面内容,即顶垫设计和机翼千斤顶选型。顶垫设计与顶起点结构设计、机翼千斤顶选型是联合设计、相互影响的。