天空飞行与地面风洞实验动态气动相关性研究

寻找天空飞行与地面风洞实验(及数值模拟)动态气动力不一致的因素是人们非常关心的课题,近10余年来,在3个动态气动专题领域内,空中飞行器动态气动特性与风洞自由飞实验结果多次的一致性,验证了一个新的命题:运动动力学(及运动自由度)模拟相似是天空飞行与地面风洞实验动态气动相关中的一个重要因素.     

地效飞行器近波浪地面大迎角飞行分离流动数值研究

数值模拟了地效飞行器近波浪地面大迎角飞行的分离流场,研究飞行高度和地面波浪对气动性能的影响.使用Fluent软件求解非定常可压缩流动的质量加权平均NS方程和标准k-ε湍流模型,使用滑移网格处理地效飞行器和波浪地面间的相对运动.飞行高度降低,机翼上翼面的附着流动转化为分离流动.波浪地面飞行气动力平均值和水平地面飞行气动力随飞行高度变化的规律完全一致.     

Advanced analytical model for orbital aerodynamic prediction in LEO

The growing interest in low earth orbit (LEO) applications demands for accurate modeling of orbital aerodynamics. But classical analytical models of aerodynamic coefficients in free molecule flow, such as the Sentman’s model, Schamberg’s model and Schaaf-Chambre model, were built upon over simplistic gas-surface interaction models, which degrade the fidelity of aerodynamic prediction. This work presents a new analytical model of orbital aerodynamic coefficients based on the state-of-the-art Cercignani–Lampis–Lord (CLL) gas-surface interaction model, where lobular quasi-specular scattering pattern and separate accommodation degree for different velocity components can be well captured. A key component of the new model is a rigorous function approximation solution of the reflected normal momentum flux based on the CLL model which is derived for the first time and is validated within 1% for any hypothermal flow and surface accommodation conditions. Closed-form analytical solutions of aerodynamic coefficients for simple convex geometries are obtained and exhibit high accuracy (within 0.1%) in typical LEO scenarios. The new analytical model surpasses the classical models in some important aspects, such as overcoming the diffuse scattering hypothesis constraint, considering the variation of normal momentum exchange with the surface incidence angle and being applicable in any hypothermal flow situation. In virtue of the advanced CLL model and feasibility of coupling with the panel method technique, the new analytical model is promising to provide more accurate predictions on the orbital aerodynamic coefficients for LEO applications.