Instability and unsteadiness of aircraft wake vortices

This paper presents a review of theoretical and experimental results on stability and other unsteady properties of aircraft wakes. The basic mechanisms responsible for the propagation and the amplification of perturbation along vortices, namely the Kelvin waves and the cooperative instabilities, are first detailed. These two generic unsteady mechanisms are described by considering asymptotic linear stability analysis of model flows such as vortex filaments or Lamb–Oseen vortices. Extension of the linear analysis to more representative flows, using a biglobal stability approach, is also described. Experimental results obtained using LDV, hot wire and PIV in wind tunnels are presented and they are commented upon the light of theory.     

叶轮机非定常气动设计的缘线匹配(II)数值研究

缘线匹配通过考虑多叶排叶轮机相邻叶排间前排叶片尾缘线与后排叶片前缘线空间相对位置匹配关系来进一步提升叶轮机性能,有潜力使叶轮机非定常设计走向工程实际。以一单级跨声轴流压气机和一单级轴流透平为例,尝试用基元流动展向积分方法和全优化方法改善其性能,从而示例应用缘线匹配的具体方法及前景。结果表明,缘线匹配为叶轮机非定常设计提供了可操作的自由度。     

Abnormal changes of dynamic derivatives at low reduced frequencies

A number of studies have found that abnormal changes of dynamic derivatives occurred at very low reduced frequencies, but its inducement mechanism is not very clear. This paper has researched the abnormal changes and analyzed the influence on some parameters by solving the unsteady flow around forced oscillation airfoils based on Navier-Stokes equations. Results indicate that when the reduced frequency approaches to zero, the dynamic derivatives obtained by the numerical method will diverge. We have also proven it in theory that this phenomenon is not physical but completely caused by numerical singularity. Furthermore, the abnormal phenomenon can be effectively mitigated by using the time spectral method to solve the aerodynamic forces and the integral method to obtain the dynamic derivatives. When the reduced frequency is in the range of 0.001–0.01, the dynamic derivative maintains nearly unchanged for the whole speed region. This study can provide a reference for the reasonable choice of the reduced frequency in calculations and experiments of dynamic derivatives.     

基于PaSR模型的低旋流燃烧大涡模拟

为了深入理解低旋流流场特征和燃烧稳定性,基于OpenFOAM平台,采用动态k方程模型和有限速率PaSR模型对甲烷/空气预混低旋流燃烧进行了大涡模拟,研究了气流入口速度、当量比和压力等流场参数对流场结构和燃烧非稳态特性的影响,分析了流场大尺度结构与火焰相互作用。结果表明,流场结构和火焰抬升高度受入口速度影响较小,流场和火焰形态能够保持自相似性;随着当量比和压力提高,流场扩张性增强并在燃烧区下游产生回流区,火焰稳定不依赖回流区,根部火焰锋面形状由U形转变为W形,火焰抬升高度降低。火焰锋面稳定在剪切层,剪切层产生的周期性有序涡结构引起当地流场速度脉动和火焰表面褶皱,反映了流场非稳态特性;通过剪切层监测点瞬时轴向速度分析,涡结构特征频率随速度增大而提高,由250Hz提高至300Hz,随当量比和压力提高而降低,由250Hz降低至125Hz。     

考虑轴向间距变化的低速压气机Clocking效应的数值模拟

以低速压气机试验为原型,采用二维非定常数值模拟的方法研究了轴向间距改变对低速压气机气动性能的影响。数值模拟结果显示,轴向间距减至原型间距的33%时,整机效率的提高超过了1%。该方案在除第一列静叶之外的三列叶栅中都表现出流动损失的降低,尤其在第一列动叶中最为明显。轴向间距减小带来的势流干扰增强产生非定常的扑翼现象,显著改善了第一列动叶的流动状态。适当减小轴向间距可以降低叶栅内下游叶列非定常干扰引起的损失。     

Gust response analysis and wind tunnel test for a high-aspect ratio wing

A theoretical nonlinear aeroelastic response analysis for a flexible high-aspect ratio wing excited by harmonic gust load is presented along with a companion wind tunnel test. A multidisci-plinary coupled numerical calculation is developed to simulate the flexible model wing undergoing gust load in the time domain via discrete nonlinear finite element structural dynamic analysis and nonplanar unsteady vortex lattice aerodynamic computation. A dynamic perturbation analysis about a nonlinear static equilibrium is also used to determine the small perturbation flutter bound-ary. A novel noncontact 3-D camera measurement analysis system is firstly used in the wind tunnel test to obtain the spatial large deformation and responses. The responses of the flexible wing under different static equilibrium states and frequency gust loads are discussed. The fair to good quanti-tative agreements between the theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that the presented analysis method is an acceptable way to predict the geometrically nonlinear gust response for flex-ible wings.     

带反馈控制的基本带翼外形的耦合气动/运动数值模拟研究

介绍了一种先进的、时间精度的多学科数值模拟平台的开发和应用,该平台可用于预测飞行器机动过程中的非定常气动特性和飞行力学特性.通过耦合求解非定常Navier-Stokes方程、刚体动力学方程及控制律,对基本带翼外形进行了虚拟飞行数值模拟研究.求解器采用基于结构网格的有限体积法,时间方法采用双时间步方法.使用反馈控制器获得舵偏控制指令,重叠网格方法用来模拟物体间的相对运动.模拟结果显示控制器的增益必须正确选择才能获得正确的响应.仿真结果表明本文发展的虚拟飞行数值模拟方法能够预测包含动边界的复杂非定常流动,具有较强的工程适用性.     

A novel high-order scheme for numerical simulation of wake flow over helicopter rotors in hover

Accurate prediction of tip vortices is crucial for predicting the hovering performance of a helicopter rotor. A new high-order scheme(we call it WENO-K) proposed by our research group is employed to minimize numerical dissipation and extended to numerical simulation of unsteady compressible viscous flows dominated by tip vortices over hovering rotors. WENO-K is referred to as an adaptively optimized WENO scheme with Gauss-Kriging reconstruction, and its advantage is to reduce dissipation in smoo...     

Effects of yaw-roll coupling ratio on lateral-directional aerodynamic characteristics

Experimental investigation of large amplitude yaw-roll coupled oscillations was conducted in a low-speed wind tunnel using an aircraft configuration model. A special test rig was designed and constructed to provide different coupled motions from low to high angles of attack.A parameter ‘‘coupling ratio" was introduced to indicate the extent of yaw-roll coupling. At each pitch angle, seven coupling ratios were designed to study the yaw-roll coupling effects on the lateraldirectional aerodynamic characteristics systematically. At high angles of attack, the damping characteristics of yawing and rolling moments drastically varied with coupling ratios. In the coupled motions with the rotation taking place about the wind axis, the lateral-directional aerodynamic moments exhibited unsteady characteristics and were different from the ‘‘quasi-steady" results of the rotary balance tests. The calculated results of the traditional aerodynamic derivative method were also compared with the experimental data. At low and very high angles of attack, the aerodynamic derivative method was applicative. However, within a wide range of angles of attack, the calculated results of aerodynamic derivative method were inconsistent with the experimental data, due to the drastic changes of damping characteristics of lateral-directional aerodynamic moments with yaw-roll coupling ratios.     

转静盘腔流动瞬态响应特性研究

以航空发动机转静盘腔内非稳态流动为研究对象,基于用户自定义函数编程设置进口压力按斜坡函数变化时的非稳态边界条件,利用数值模拟方法,在滞后效应、流场演化和物性参数方面,研究了不同无量纲跃升幅值下转静盘腔流动瞬态响应机理。结果表明:无量纲跃升幅值由1.05增至1.2,盘腔内部的当地响应时间延长了81.1%,相对总温的超调量增加了157.0%,其峰值时间增加了31.3%,且进口压力波动的传播方向总是由进口指向出口;瞬态过程中,转静盘腔的容积效应和旋转效应共同作用使出口流量明显滞后进口流量,且其滞留质量流量与相对总温的超调现象密切相关;冲击射流、旋转贴壁射流和静子壁面侧的涡系构成了盘腔流场演化的主体,无量纲跃升幅值越大,流场演化过程越剧烈,响应时间越长;声速和热扩散率与盘腔响应速度密切相关。