Characteristics of F/A-18 vertical tail buffeting

A time-accurate computational analysis of vertical tail buffeting of full F/A-18 aircraft is conducted at typical flight conditions to identify the buffet characteristics of fighter aircraft. The F/A-18 aircraft is pitched at wide range of high angles of attack at Mach number of 0.243 and Reynolds number of 11 millions. Strong coupling between the fluid and structure is considered in this investigation. Strong coupling occurs when the inertial effect of the motion of the vertical tail is fed back into the flow field. The aerodynamic flow field around the F/A-18 aircraft is computed using the Reynolds-averaged full Navier–Stokes equations. The dynamical structural response of the vertical tail is predicted using direct finite-element analysis. The interface between the fluid and structure is applied using conservative and consistent interfacing methodology. The motion of the computational grid due to the deflection of the vertical tail is computed using transfinite interpolation module. The investigation revealed that the vertical tail is subject to bending and torsional responses, mainly in the first modes of vibrations. The buffet loads increase significantly as the onset of vortex breakdown moves upstream of the vertical tails. The inboard surface of the vertical tail has more significant contribution in the buffet excitation than the outboard surface. In addition, the pressure on the outboard surface of the vertical tail is less sensitive to the angle of attack than the pressure on the inboard surface. The buffet excitation peaks shift to lower frequency as the angle of attack increases. The computational results are compared, and they are in close agreement, with several flight and experimental data.     

雷诺数效应对翼型抖振特性的影响

飞行器抖振是一种非线性气动弹性问题,当飞行器进入抖振阶段时,将会对飞行器的性能产生严重影响。而在跨声速条件下,激波附面层相互作用会诱导机翼抖振。本文开展了跨声速条件下翼型抖振特性雷诺数效应的实验研究,揭示了翼型跨声速抖振起始迎角、激波运动前缘边界、频谱特性、抖振频率与雷诺数变化的基本规律。结论如下:雷诺数变化会导致抖振起始边界的改变,对抖振起始迎角下的功率谱密度峰值有明显影响;随着雷诺数的增大,激波运动的前缘后移。雷诺数变化对抖振频率有明显影响,随着马赫数增大,雷诺数效应增强。     

Frequency lock-in phenomenon for oscillating airfoils in buffeting flows

Navier-Stokes based computer simulations are conducted to determine the aerodynamic flow field response that is observed for a NACA0012 airfoil that undergoes prescribed harmonic oscillation in transonic buffeting flows, and also in pre-buffet flow conditions. Shock buffet is the term for the self-sustained shock oscillations that are observed for certain combinations of Mach number and steady mean flow angle of attack even in the absence of structural motion. The shock buffet frequencies are typically on the order of the elastic structural frequencies, and therefore may be a contributor to transonic aeroelastic response phenomena, including limit-cycle oscillations. Numerical simulations indicate that the pre-shock-buffet flow natural frequency increases with mean angle of attack, while the flow damping decreases and approaches zero at the onset of buffet. Airfoil harmonic heave motions are prescribed to study the interaction between the flow fields induced by the shock buffet and airfoil motion, respectively. At pre-shock-buffet conditions the flow response is predominantly at the airfoil motion frequency, with some smaller response at multiplies of this frequency. At shock buffet conditions, a key effect of prescribed airfoil motions on the buffeting flow is to create the possibility of a lock-in phenomenon, in which the shock buffet frequency is synchronized to the prescribed airfoil motion frequency for certain combinations of airfoil motion frequencies and amplitudes. Aerodynamic gain-phase models for the lock-in region, as well as for the pre-shock-buffet conditions are suggested, and also a possible relationship between the lock-in mechanism and limit-cycle oscillation is discussed.     

Separated Flow and Buffeting Control

In transonic flow conditions, the shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction and the flow separations on the upper wing surfaces of civil aircraft induce flow instabilities, ‘buffet’ and then structural vibrations, ‘buffeting’. Buffeting can greatly affect aerodynamic behavior. The buffeting phenomenon appears when the aircraft's Machnumber or angle of attack increases. This phenomenon limits the aircraft's flight envelope. The objectives of this study are to cancel out or decrease the aerodynamic instabilities (unsteady separation, movement of the shock position) due to this type of flow by using control systems. The following actuators can be used: ‘Vortex Generators’ situated upstream of the shock position, a ‘Bump’ located at the shock position, and a new moving part designed by ONERA, situated on the trailing edge of the wing, the ‘Trailing Edge Deflector’ or TED. It looks like an adjustable ‘Divergent Trailing Edge’. It is an active actuator and can take different deflections or be driven by dynamic movements up to 250 Hz. Tests were performed in transonic 2D flow with models well equipped with unsteady pressure transducers. For high lift coefficients, a selected static position of the ‘Trailing Edge Deflector’ increases the wing's aerodynamic performances and delays the onset of buffet. Furthermore, in 2D flow buffet conditions, the ‘Trailing Edge Deflector’, driven by a closed-loop active control using the measurements of the unsteady wall static pressures, can greatly reduce buffet. The aerodynamic performances are not improved to the same extent by the bump actuator. From our experience, there is no effect on buffet or separated flow because of the incorrect positioning of the bump. All that can be observed is a local improvement on the intensity of the shock wave when the bump is very precisely situated at the shock position. Vortex generators have a great impact on the separated flow. The separated flow instabilities are greatly reduced and buffet is totally controlled even for strong instabilities. The aerodynamic performances of the airfoil are also greatly improved.     

基于POD和代理模型的静气动弹性分析方法

静气动弹性问题考虑弹性结构与定常气动力间的相互耦合作用,对飞行器的性能和安全具有显著的影响.在现代飞行器设计阶段,计算流体力学(CFD)/计算结构力学(CSD)直接耦合方法是精确考察静气动弹性影响的重要手段.然而,基于CFD技术的气动力仿真手段在耦合过程中计算量大且耗时长,难以满足设计阶段的需求.因此,为了兼顾计算精度与效率,文章采用本征正交分解(POD)和Kriging代理模型相结合的模型降阶方法,替代CFD求解过程并耦合有限元分析(FEA)方法,建立了高效、准确的静气动弹性分析框架.相较于传统的以模态法为主的静气动弹性分析方法,该方法能够解决更为复杂的静气动弹性问题以及提供静气动弹性变形过程中的气动分布载荷.针对典型三维跨声速HIRENASD机翼模型开展的马赫数、迎角变化的算例验证表明:由建立的静气动弹性分析方法与CFD/CSD直接耦合方法计算得到机翼翼梢处的静变形量间的相对误差在5%以内;同时该方法预测静平衡位置处的气动分布载荷的误差在5%以内,静气动弹性分析的计算效率至少提升了6倍.     

Open and closed-loop control of transonic buffet on 3D turbulent wings using fluidic devices

This paper presents an overview of the work performed recently at ONERA on the control of the buffet phenomenon. This aerodynamic instability induces strong wall pressure fluctuations and as such limits aircraft envelope; consequently, it is interesting to try to delay its onset, in order to enlarge aircraft flight envelop, but also to provide more flexibility during the design phase. Several types of flow control have been investigated, either passive (mechanical vortex generators) or active (fluidic VGs, fluidic trailing-edge device (TED)). It is shown than mechanical and fluidic VGs are able to delay buffet onset in the angle-of-attack domain by suppressing the separation downstream of the shock. The effect of the fluidic TED is different, the separation is not suppressed, but the rear wing loading is increased and consequently the buffet onset is not delayed to higher angles of attack, but only to higher lift coefficient. Then, a closed loop control methodology based on a quasi-static approach is defined and several architectures are tested for various parameters such as the input signal, the objective function or, the tuning of the feedback gain. All closed loop methods are implemented on a dSPACE device calculating in real time the fluidic actuators command from the unsteady pressure sensors data.     

基于多模型的参数空间预测推断

当建立多个模型对工程结构进行数值仿真时,为了得到更可靠的预测结果,需要综合考虑模型选择不确定性和模型形式不确定性对预测结果的影响. 联合贝叶斯方法与实验数据计算不同模型的可信度,采用调节因子方法传播模型选择不确定性得到系统响应置信区间,并叠加模型形式不确定性的影响获得综合模型计算结果的置信区间,再通过插值得到关心量在预测点的置信区间. 最后通过某飞行器气动力系数的预测推断检验了该方法的可行性.     

飞机大迎角俯仰运动下的横侧向气动特性及被动控制

在南航3m低速风洞内,利用一套两自由度动态试验机构,通过测力实验研究了某飞机模型静态和俯仰动态过程中大迎角下的横侧向气动特性,分析比较了在模型头部加上扰动片后,对横侧向气动特性产生的影响.研究结果表明,模型在静态大迎角下会产生较大的侧向力和偏航力矩,而模型的快速上仰过程则进一步加剧了模型头部流动的非对称性,在大迎角下产生较大的偏航力矩迟滞环;当在模型头部加扰动片后,不论是静态过程还是动态过程,都使得模型的侧向力和偏航力矩减小,从而改善了俯仰运动过程中大迎角下的横侧向气动特性.     

Aircraft T-tail flutter predictions using computational fluid dynamics

The paper presents the application of computational aeroelasticity (CA) methods to the analysis of a T-tail stability in transonic regime. For this flow condition unsteady aerodynamics show a significant dependency from the aircraft equilibrium flight configuration, which rules both the position of shock waves in the flow field and the load distribution on the horizontal tail plane. Both these elements have an influence on the aerodynamic forces, and so on the aeroelastic stability of the system. The numerical procedure proposed allows to investigate flutter stability for a free-flying aircraft, iterating until convergence the following sequence of sub-problems: search for the trimmed condition for the deformable aircraft; linearize the system about the stated equilibrium point; predict the aeroelastic stability boundaries using the inferred linear model. An innovative approach based on sliding meshes allows to represent the changes of the computational fluid domain due to the motion of control surfaces used to trim the aircraft. To highlight the importance of keeping the linear model always aligned to the trim condition, and at the same time the capabilities of the computational fluid dynamics approach, the method is applied to a real aircraft with a T-tail configuration: the P180.     

基于当地流活塞理论的气动弹性计算方法研究

发展了一种高效、高精度的超音速、高超音速非定常气动力计算 方法------基于定常CFD技术的当地流活塞理论. 运用当地流活塞理论计算非定常 气动力，耦合结构运动方程，实现超音速、高超音速气动弹性的时域模拟. 运用这 种方法计算了一系列非定常气动力算例和颤振算例，并和原始活塞理论、非定 常Euler方程结果作了比较. 由于局部地使用活塞理论假设，这种方法大大地克服 了原始活塞理论对飞行马赫数、翼型厚度和飞行迎角的 限制. 与非定常Euler方程方法相比，当地流活塞理论的效率很高.     

机翼-机身-挂架-短舱复杂流场数值模拟

本文采用分区搭接网格技术,对机翼/机身/挂架/短舱复杂组合体进行网格分布,通过分析计算网格对结果的影响,探讨了网格的划分.基于Roe的近似黎曼解的方法,采用S-A湍流模型,通过求解N-S方程,对该组合体外流场/发动机短舱内流场进行一体化数值模拟,与相应风洞实验数据进行了比较与分析,取得了与实验数据较为吻合的结果.与无发动机短舱的组合体的气动特性进行比较,分析了短舱对翼身组合体的气动干扰.     

Extracting micro air vehicles aerodynamic forces and coefficients in free flight using visual motion tracking techniques

This paper describes a methodology to extract aerial vehicles’ aerodynamic characteristics from visually tracked trajectory data. The technique is being developed to study the aerodynamics of centimeter-scale aircraft and develop flight simulation models. Centimeter-scale aircraft remains a largely unstudied domain of aerodynamics, for which traditional techniques like wind tunnels and computational fluid dynamics have not yet been fully adapted and validated. The methodology takes advantage of recent progress in commercial, vision-based, motion-tracking systems. This system dispenses from on-board navigation sensors and enables indoor flight testing under controlled atmospheric conditions. Given the configuration of retro-reflective markers affixed onto the aerial vehicle, the vehicle’s six degrees-of-freedom motion can be determined in real time. Under disturbance-free conditions, the aerodynamic forces and moments can be determined from the vehicle’s inertial acceleration, and furthermore, for a fixed-wing vehicle, the aerodynamic angles can be plotted from the vehicle’s kinematics. By combining this information, we can determine the temporal evolution of the aerodynamic coefficients, as they change throughout a trajectory. An attractive feature of this technique is that trajectories are not limited to equilibrium conditions but can include non-equilibrium, maneuvering flight. Whereas in traditional wind-tunnel experiments, the operating conditions are set by the experimenter, here, the aerodynamic conditions are driven by the vehicle’s own dynamics. As a result, this methodology could be useful for characterizing the unsteady aerodynamics effects and their coupling with the aircraft flight dynamics, providing insight into aerodynamic phenomena taking place at centimeter scale flight.     

跨音速大迎角绕流的Euler方程数值模拟

采用保角变换与代数方法相结合，生成全场统一的贴体、正交Ｏ－Ｈ型网格．采用有限体积法求解Ｅｕｌｅｒ方程，模拟具有歼击机外形的全机及翼身组合体大迎角跨音速绕流．计算表明，法向力系数、气动中心位置及压力分布的计算结果与实验结果吻合良好     

Aerodynamic characteristics of a deltawing in the case of harmonic oscillations with respect to the roll and yaw angles at high angles of attack

The aerodynamic characteristics of a delta wing in the case of harmonic oscillations with respect to the roll and yaw angles are obtained in a subsonic low-speed wind tunnel and analyzed. It is shown that at near-critical angles of attack the aerodynamic derivatives of the roll moment considerably depend on the reduced oscillation frequency. It is established that this dependence is due to a variation in the slip angle. A mathematical model that involves an ordinary linear differential first-order equation is used to describe the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing for the problems of aircraft flight dynamics at high angles of attack.     

基于首超破坏机制的大跨斜拉桥抖振动力可靠性分析

分别采用泊松分布和马尔可夫过程，给出了在一次强风作用下以及在设计基准期内桥梁结构某一特定截面或节点的抖振动力可靠性分析方法。然后，考虑斜拉桥的结构特点及其承受风荷栽的具体情况，确定了以斜拉桥的主梁系统为研究对象的结构体系抖振动力可靠性分析模型。在此基础上，采用串联失效模式，建立了斜拉桥主梁系统抖振动力可靠性分析过程。本文采用有限元法分析结构的空气静力响应。为了快速、准确地计算结构的抖振响应，考虑气弹力与抖振力的联合作用以及多模态耦合效应，采用有限元法和虚拟激励法相结合分析结构的抖振响应。最后，以某大跨斜拉桥为工程背景，对其主梁系统进行了基于刚度要求的抖振动力可靠性分析。     

AN APPROXIMATE MODEL OF UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS FOR HYPERSONIC PROBLEMS AT HIGH ALTITUDE

针对高空高马赫数飞行环境和强黏性干扰的物理特性, 在当地流活塞理论的基础上引入有效外形修正, 发展了黏性修正当地流活塞理论, 结合定常N-S方程解给出了高空高马赫数下针对该方法的有效外形的判据, 并通过数值算例对该判据进行了验证.通过对典型尖头薄翼和典型钝头翼的一系列二维非定常算例, 将该方法与一阶活塞理论、基于欧拉(Euler)方程的当地流活塞理论和非定常N-S方程数值解进行了对比. 结果显示在高度为40~70 km、马赫数为10~20范围内, 通过该方法计算得到的非定常气动力与非定常N-S方程数值解吻合较好, 明显优于活塞理论和基于Euler方程的当地流活塞理论.该方法克服了传统的活塞理论和当地流活塞理论不能用于高空高马赫数这类强黏性效应情况的弊端, 在较宽的马赫数、攻角、飞行高度范围内都有良好的适用性, 同时其计算效率远高于非定常N-S方程.     

Bifurcations and catastrophes in aerodynamic characteristics

The results of an experimental investigation of the longitudinal stability of a model maneuvering aircraft are presented. The results for a wide angle-of-attack range are obtained in a wind tunnel flow on an aerodynamic setup of free oscillations with a single degree of freedom. It is shown that the static aerodynamic dependences of the normal force and pitch moment coefficients on the angle of attack include catastrophic transitions from one steady state into another. The salient features of these transitions are established. It is experimentally found that the loss of the longitudinal stability of the model aircraft in a flow with variation in the deflection angles of stabilizers is softly realized via the Hopf bifurcation. At high angles of attack the flow regimes are found to exist in which steady motion represents a strange attractor.     

A theoretical and experimental investigation of the effects of a steady angle of attack on the nonlinear flutter of a delta wing plate model

Limit cycle oscillations (LCO) of wings on certain modern high performance aircraft have been observed in flight and in wind tunnel experiments. Whether the physical mechanism that gives rise to this behavior is a fluid or structural nonlinearity or both is still uncertain. It has been shown that an aeroelastic theoretical model with only a structural nonlinearity can predict accurately the limit cycle behavior at low subsonic flow for a plate-like wing at zero angle of attack. Changes in the limit cycle and flutter behavior as the angle of attack is varied have also been observed in flight. It has been suggested that this sensitivity to angle of attack is due to a fluid nonlinearity. In this investigation, we study the flutter and limit cycle behavior of a wing in low subsonic flow at small steady angles of attack. Experimental results are compared to those predicted using an aeroelastic theoretical model with only a structural nonlinearity. Results from both experiment and theory show a change in flutter speed as the steady angle of attack is varied. Also the LCO magnitude increased at a given velocity as the angle of attack was increased for both the experiment and theory. While not proving that the observed sensitivity to angle of attack of LCO in aircraft is due to a structural nonlinearity, the results do show that a change in the aeroelastic behavior at angles of attack can be caused by a structural nonlinearity as well as a fluid nonlinearity. In this paper, only structural nonlinearities are considered, but an extension to include aerodynamic nonlinearities would be very worthwhile.     

排翼布局飞行器气动性能的实验研究

通过低速低湍流度风洞实验,研究了利用排翼布局改善充气飞机采用大厚度翼型机翼带来的气动效率偏低问题。首先比较了采用不同厚度翼型的单翼与排式双翼布局的气动特性。在此基础上,为了优化排翼布局的气动特性,研究了给后翼安装偏转角对排翼布局气动特性的影响。同时,基于NACA0030翼型,设计了波纹型外形的充气机翼,比较了此外形下单翼和排翼布局气动性能的差异。实验结果表明,采用排翼布局能够改善采用厚翼型单翼布局的气动性能,而给后翼安装一定偏转角可以进一步提高排翼布局的升力和升阻比。采用波纹外形和光滑外形机翼模型的对比结果表明,波纹外形能够在大迎角时改善充气机翼的失速性能。分析认为,造成这一现象的流动机理是由于波纹型机翼在实验条件下提前由层流转捩为湍流,使失速推迟,流动分离现象有所减弱。     

基于遗传算法的飞机气动优化设计

建立了一种以实数编码技术为基础的遗传算法模型，并把它与通过工程估算的气动分析方法相结合，进行飞机气动形的单点和多点优化设计。 优化设计中，设计变量取机为机翼、机身和尾翼的外形及三者之间的相对位置，优化目标是使飞机在跨音速和超音速飞行状态下获得配平状态下最大的升阻比。设计结果表明该优化设计方法是十分有效的，可以用来具有正常布局形式的飞机进行气动外形的优化设计。