Numerical investigation of effect of a centrifugal boost impeller on suction performance of an aircraft hydraulic pump

An integrated boost impeller can effectively improve the suction performance of an aircraft hydraulic pump (AHP). It must be designed very carefully; however, few studies thus far have investigated boost impellers. To explore the effect of the boost impeller, this study developed a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for an AHP based on the k-ε turbulence model and full cavitation model. The results of verification tests demonstrated that the model is reliable for simulating the delivery characteristics of piston pumps and the boost capacity of the inlet impeller. Steady-state simulations reveal that the boost impeller can remarkably improve the suction performance and mitigate the cavitation damage due to insufficient fluid filling while only consuming a small proportion of the total input power. Transient-state simulations show that the pump with an impeller is more capable of catching up with a sudden increase in flow demand, and it has a lower suction flow ripple and impact. However, such a boost impeller also has some limitations such as magnifying the suction pressure fluctuation and having little effect on mitigating the cavitation caused by the back-flow jet.     

面向飞行器快速开发的半数字化伺服弹性试验方法研究

针对典型伺服弹性试验产品齐套与试验周期均较长，获取伺服弹性参数的时间点在研制阶段相对滞后的现状，提出了一种面向飞行器快速开发的半数字化伺服弹性试验方法。首先给出了低产品需求伺服弹性开环试验方法与基于数据的飞行器伺服弹性参数获取方法，该方法相对于典型的伺服弹性开环试验方法减少了试验软硬件产品需求。之后，在开环伺服弹性试验结果基础上，给出了考虑气动力影响的数字化闭环伺服弹性试验方法。提出的方法面向飞行器工程研制，兼顾成本、进度与准确性，适用于飞行器快速研制。     

充气式蓄能器参数选型方法研究

容积和预充气压力是充气式蓄能器的关键参数，对其动态性能（工作状态下，其压力与流量的输出性能）有较大影响。以某型飞机舵面应急型充气式蓄能器计算选型为例，基于Hypneu 仿真软件中的液压元件库，结合该型飞机液压系统的主要设计参数以及应急型蓄能器的工作原理，建立蓄能器作动仿真模型；在Hypneu中设置测试点记录仿真曲线，通过分析仿真曲线探究充气式蓄能器的关键参数对其动态性能的影响；结合理论计算与仿真分析，提出一套蓄能器参数选型方法，并通过试验验证该选型方法。结果表明：蓄能器的预充气压力越大，初始蓄能器输出的有效容积越小，减少预充气压力增加有效容积的同时会降低蓄能器的输出压力，试验结果与仿真结果接近，使用该方法选型的蓄能器可以满足作动要求。     

A methodology for constructing the aircraft design schema

Aircraft collaboration design is based on a unified set of schemas containing data and model representations and interfaces across disciplines. The aircraft design schema is a central data model that specifies the paradigm for the representation of a full lifecycle model of aircraft design. The construction of the schema currently lacks theoretical guidance. This paper designs a novel methodology to construct the aircraft design schema, a fully functional, logical, and self-consistent methodology. The methodology defines a schema matrix that includes implementation strategies, principles, processes, meta-object facility, views, scenarios, and products. The aircraft conceptual design schema is constructed according to the methodology, which is a hands-on approach to help understand the concept and implementation. The features of the methodology are analyzed, and the methodology and the aircraft conceptual design schema are presented to address the pain points of multiple solution trade-offs, multiple iterations, and multidisciplinary coupling in aircraft conceptual collaboration design.     

An air-rail inter-modal strategy for aircraft recovery

It is common that airlines encounter a disruption of a flight schedule, which is mainly caused by resource shortages. In case of a disruption, subject to scarce resources, most of airlines lose flexibility of performing aircraft recovery on the basis of business interest priorities and need to delay, swap, and cancel flights. This paper proposes an air-rail inter-modal strategy to incorporate a High-Speed Rail(HSR) transport mode into an aviation network for aircraft recovery. The air-rail inter...     

Design and experiment of concentrated flexibility-based variable camber morphing wing

The morphing wing has a significant positive effect on the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft. This paper describes a leading-edge of variable camber wing with concentrated flexibility based on the geared five-bar mechanism. The driving points of morphing skin formed by the glass fibre composite sheet were optimized to make the skin deformation smooth. A geared fivebar kinematic mechanism rigidly connected to the skin was proposed to drive the leading-edge deformation. Besides, a new kind o...     

Design,modeling, and control of morphing aircraft:A review

A morphing aircraft can adapt its configuration to suit different types of tasks, which is also an important requirement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV). The successful development of an unmanned morphing aircraft involves three steps that determine its ability and intelligent: configuration design, dynamic modeling and flight control. This study conducts a comprehensive survey of morphing aircraft. First, the methods to design the configuration of a morphing aircraft are presented and analyzed...     

Optimization of multi-element airfoil settings considering ice accretion effect

Almost half of all flight accidents caused by inflight icing occur at the approach and landing phases when high-lift devices are deployed. The present study focuses on the optimization of an ice-tolerant multi-element airfoil. Dual-objective optimization is carried out with critical horn-shaped ice accumulated during the holding phase. The optimization results show that the present optimization method significantly enhances the iced-state and clean-state performance. The optimal multi-element airfoil has a larger deflection angle and wider gap at the slat and the flap compared with the baseline configuration. The sensitivity of each design parameter is analyzed, which verifies the robustness of the design. The design is further assessed when ice is accreted during the approach and landing phases, which also shows performance improvement.     

飞行器制导控制一体化编队控制器设计

针对主从式结构飞行器协同编队控制问题，以侧滑转弯飞行器为研究对象，采用制导控制一体化(Integrated guidance and control, IGC)方法设计编队控制器。首先在惯性坐标系中定义相对运动坐标系，建立相对运动模型，结合飞行器动力学模型，得到全状态制导控制一体化模型；然后采用反演方法，结合滑模变结构与神经网络自适应理论设计了编队控制器，并证明了控制系统稳定性；最后在高速情况下进行了六自由度数值仿真，对比了IGC设计方法与分离设计方法的控制性能。仿真结果表明所设计的IGC控制器能够快速精确地对期望编队队形进行构建与保持，并且较分离设计方法具有优越性。