等离子体环量控制翼型增升的实验研究

利用等离子体激励器发展了新型的环量增升技术,并对二维NACA0012翼型绕流实施控制.由于NACA0012翼型为尖后缘构型,环量增升装置由2个非对称型介质阻挡放电等离子体激励器构成.一个等离子体激励器贴附于翼型吸力面靠近后缘处,其诱导的壁面射流沿来流方向指向下游;另一个等离子体激励器贴附于翼型压力面靠近后缘处,其诱导的壁面射流与来流方向相反指向上游.在风洞中通过时间解析二维PIV系统对翼型绕流流场进行了测量,基于翼型弦长的雷诺数Re=20000.结果表明在等离子体激励器的控制下,翼型压力面靠近后缘处可以形成一个定常回流区,从而起到虚拟气动外形的作用,因此翼型吸力面的流场得到加速,压力面的流场得到减速,使得翼型压力面的吸力以及压力面的压力都得到增加,进而增加了翼型的环量.风洞天平测力实验进一步验证了该环量增升技术的有效性.在整个攻角范围内,施加控制的翼型的升力系数相比没有控制的工况有明显的提高.     

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON LIFT INCREMENT OF A PLASMA CIRCULATION CONTROL AIRFOIL

利用等离子体激励器发展了新型的环量增升技术,并对二维NACA0012翼型绕流实施控制。由于NACA0012翼型为尖后缘构型,环量增升装置由2个非对称型介质阻挡放电等离子体激励器构成。一个等离子体激励器贴附于翼型吸力面靠近后缘处,其诱导的壁面射流沿来流方向指向下游;另一个等离子体激励器贴附于翼型压力面靠近后缘处,其诱导的壁面射流与来流方向相反指向上游。在风洞中通过时间解析二维PIV系统对翼型绕流流场进行了测量,基于翼型弦长的雷诺数Re=20 000。结果表明在等离子体激励器的控制下,翼型压力面靠近后缘处可以形成一个定常回流区,从而起到虚拟气动外形的作用,因此翼型吸力面的流场得到加速,压力面的流场得到减速,使得翼型压力面的吸力以及压力面的压力都得到增加,进而增加了翼型的环量。风洞天平测力实验进一步验证了该环量增升技术的有效性。在整个攻角范围内,施加控制的翼型的升力系数相比没有控制的工况有明显的提高。     

智能物面对非定常分离流的最优自适应控制

以低雷诺数二维大攻角翼型绕流为研究对象, 将非定常动边界计算流体力学方法与 最优控制方法有机结合, 研究二维不可压非定常流智能物面最优自适应流 动控制的理论与算法, 并将其用于固定攻角和俯仰振荡翼型绕流. 结果表明: 在给定合适的最优控制目标函数下, 智能物面可最优地实时改变形状, 得到能显著提高翼型性能的最优翼型. 最优翼型在非设计工况下的气动性能也比对照翼型有 所提高.     

基于涡粘性模型的翼型湍流流场熵产率计算

利用有限体积法实现了基于非正交同位网格的SIMPLE算法。基于熵分析方法,采用涡粘性模型求解湍流熵产方程,系统研究了湍流模型对二维翼型绕流流场熵产率的影响。通过计算NACA0012翼型在来流雷诺数为2.88×106时,0°攻角~16.5°攻角范围内的翼型表面压力系数分布和升阻力特性,验证了算法及程序的正确性。结果表明,选择不同湍流模型时,翼型流场熵产的计算结果存在差异,湍流耗散是引起流场熵产的主要原因;翼型流场的熵产主要发生在翼型前缘区、壁面边界层和翼型尾流区域,流场熵产率与翼型阻力系数线性相关;当产生分离涡时,粘性耗散引起的熵产下降。     

低雷诺数下柔性翼型气动性能分析

基于流固耦合方法对吸力面5%至95%弦长处为三段柔性结构的NACA0012翼型绕流进行了数值模拟,研究了不同弹性模量下柔性翼型的气动性能和结构响应.结果表明:在大攻角下,翼面变形影响着翼型表面的非定常流场,起到延缓失速和提高升力的作用;失速后柔性翼的升力系数下降得较为缓慢,且柔性越大,升力系数下降得越平缓;适当减小弹性模量能够提高翼型的气动性能,然而弹性模量过小反而不利于翼型气动性能的提升,并且翼面会产生大幅度的振动.     

基于涡粘性模型的翼型湍流流场熵产率计算

利用有限体积法实现了基于非正交同位网格的SIMPLE算法。基于熵分析方法,采用涡粘性模型求解湍流熵产方程,系统研究了湍流模型对二维翼型绕流流场熵产率的影响。通过计算NACA0012翼型在来流雷诺数为2.88×10⁶时,0°攻角~16.5°攻角范围内的翼型表面压力系数分布和升阻力特性,验证了算法及程序的正确性。结果表明,选择不同湍流模型时,翼型流场熵产的计算结果存在差异,湍流耗散是引起流场熵产的主要原因;翼型流场的熵产主要发生在翼型前缘区、壁面边界层和翼型尾流区域,流场熵产率与翼型阻力系数线性相关;当产生分离涡时,粘性耗散引起的熵产下降。     

褶皱幅度对仿生翼型滑翔气动特性的影响

蜻蜓翅膀具有独特的褶皱状形貌．研究者们致力于利用仿生学原理,设计在低雷诺数条件下具有更优气动性能的褶皱翼型．本文采用计算流体力学方法,求解二维不可压Navier-Stokes方程组,探讨了四种翼型（平板翼型、流线翼型、小幅度褶皱翼型和大幅度褶皱翼型）的气动表现．在低雷诺数条件下得到以下结果：(1) 较小幅度的褶皱结构有利于增加升力和减小阻力．(2) 雷诺数变化时褶皱翼型的升力系数呈非线性变化;在特定雷诺数区间,幅度相近的褶皱翼型会发生相对气动优势的转变．(3) 褶皱结构内的回流区通过减小粘性阻力,使得翼型总阻力下降．(4) 翼型前缘的极小区域会产生脉冲高升力,对升力表现产生较大影响．这些结果表明,调整褶皱幅度是实现褶皱翼型气动优化的有效方案．     

两个角区湍流场及其尾迹的实验研究

绕两个翼型－平面的角区流动及其尾迹的实验是在低湍流度风洞中完成的．在零攻角条件下，对翼型－平面的角区流场内诸参数，如翼型表面和平板面上的压力分布、绕翼型及尾迹区内的平均速度、脉动速度、湍动能、二阶关联量ｕ′ｖ′及ｕ′ｗ′进行了广泛的测量．通过对比，分析了这两种模型与平面所构成的角区及其尾迹区内的流动特性     

飞行器的升力、阻力及升力与环量定理的起源

本文介绍了空气动力学中几个基本概念与定律的起源。其中,升力与阻力分别是空气对物体作用力的两个方向上的分量,它们均是由空气与物体的相对运动而产生的,并与该运动速度的平方成正比。库塔儒可夫斯基升力环量定理给出了翼型升力与翼型绕流之间的关系,开启了20世纪早期各国对翼型性能的研究。同时,鉴于理想流体圆柱绕流无阻力的理论结果与实验观察存在的矛盾开始激发人们对黏性流体运动的研究兴趣,并由此诞生了纳维斯托克斯方程组。而后普朗特提出边界层概念,巧妙解决了局部流动与整体流动的关系问题。针对大展弦比直机翼,普朗特又提出了基于升力线假设的升力线模型,并根据翼型气动数据得到三维机翼的气动性能。     

DERIVATION OF LIFT,DRAG AND THE KUTTA--JOUKOWSKI THEOREM FOR AIRCRAFTS 1)

本文介绍了空气动力学中几个基本概念与定律的起源。其中,升力与阻力分别是空气对物体作用力的两个方向上的分量,它们均是由空气与物体的相对运动而产生的,并与该运动速度的平方成正比。库塔儒可夫斯基升力环量定理给出了翼型升力与翼型绕流之间的关系,开启了20世纪早期各国对翼型性能的研究。同时,鉴于理想流体圆柱绕流无阻力的理论结果与实验观察存在的矛盾开始激发人们对黏性流体运动的研究兴趣,并由此诞生了纳维斯托克斯方程组。而后普朗特提出边界层概念,巧妙解决了局部流动与整体流动的关系问题。针对大展弦比直机翼,普朗特又提出了基于升力线假设的升力线模型,并根据翼型气动数据得到三维机翼的气动性能。     

Experimental study of the aerodynamic characteristics of a low-aspect-ratio flat plate array in a configuration of interest for a tidal energy converter

Wind tunnel experiments were conducted for the flow around a single flat plate and through an array of three parallel flat plates at different angles of incidence to compare their lift and drag coefficients for several values of the Reynolds number around 10⁵ and for three aspect ratio values. The selected cascade configuration is of interest for a particular type of tidal hydrokinetic energy converter. The main differences in the lift and drag forces are discussed, finding that for a plate in a cascade the maximum lift coefficient takes place at a quite different angle of attack, depending on the aspect ratio. The optimal conditions for extracting power from a tidal current are analyzed.     

Pressure field due to drag reducing outer layer devices in turbulent boundary layers

The wall static pressure in the vicinity of drag reducing outer layer devices in flat wall turbulent boundary layers has been measured and compared with an inviscid theory. Symmetric and cambered airfoil devices have been examined at small angles of attack and very low chord Reynolds numbers. Airfoil devices impose a sequence of strong favorable and adverse pressure gradients on the boundary layer whose drag is to be reduced. At very small angles of attack (± 2°), this pressure field extends up to about three chord lengths downstream of the trailing edge of an airfoil device. Also examined are the pressures on the upper and lower surfaces of a symmetric airfoil device in the freestream and near the wall. The freestream pressure distribution around an airfoil section is altered by the wall proximity. The relevance of lift enhancement caused by wall proximity to drag reduction has been discussed. The pressure distributions on the flat wall beneath the symmetric airfoil devices are predicted well by the inviscid theory. However, the remaining pressure distributions are predicted only qualitatively, presumably because of strong viscous effects.     

Kutta–Joukowsky theorem in viscous and unsteady flow

Nominally two-dimensional air flow over a thin flat plate at low Reynolds number is investigated. The primary objective is to experimentally determine with good accuracy the small magnitude lift force, generated by the plate at various angles of attack, by means of application of the Kutta–Joukowsky theorem where circulation is obtained from the line integral of velocity around the flat plate using non-invasive laser doppler velocimeter. Specific focus is on assessing applicability of the Kutta–Joukowsky theorem, originally theorized for inviscid and steady flow, in the post-stall region. At high angles of attack, due to severe flow separation from both the edges of the flat plate and occurrence of periodic vortex shedding, wake flow is found to be highly viscous, turbulent and unsteady. Nevertheless, the results show a remarkably good agreement with previous investigations in both the linear range and the non-linear range of the lift curve without any correction applied to the data. The line integral of velocity along the rectangular loop enclosing the flat plate shows that the vertical components, albeit smaller in magnitude, possess the same sign and hence are additive in contribution to the circulation, whereas the horizontal components possess opposite signs and hence are subtractive in their contribution to the circulation. The paper presents some interesting and hitherto undisclosed features of flow field around the flat plate.     

Shock tunnel study of spiked aerodynamic bodies flying at hypersonic Mach numbers

A three-component accelerometer balance system is used to study the drag reduction effect of an aerodisc on large angle blunt cones flying at hypersonic Mach numbers. Measurements in a hypersonic shock tunnel at a freestream Mach number of 5.75 indicate more than 50% reduction in the drag coefficient for a 120° apex angle blunt cone with a forward facing aerospike having a flat faced aerodisc at moderate angles of attack. Enhancement of drag has been observed for higher angles of attack due to the impingement of the flow separation shock on the windward side of the cone. The flowfields around the large angle blunt cone with aerospike assembly flying at hypersonic Mach numbers are also simulated numerically using a commercial CFD code. The pressure and density levels on the model surface, which is under the aerodynamic shadow of the flat disc tipped spike, are found very low and a drag reduction of 64.34% has been deduced numerically.     

The flexibility effect of a plate according to various angles of attack in a free-stream

This paper presents a computational fluid–structure interaction analysis for a flexible plate in a free-stream to investigate the effects of flexibility and angle of attack on force generation. A Lattice Boltzmann Method with an immersed boundary technique using a direct forcing scheme model of the fluid is coupled to a finite element model with rectangular bending elements. We investigated the effects of various angles of attack of a flexible plate fixed at one of the end edges in a free-stream at a Reynolds number of 5000, which represents the wing flapping condition of insects and small birds in nature. The lift of the flexible plate is maintained at the large angle of attack, whereas the rigid plate shows the largest lift at angles of attack around 30–40° and then drastic reductions in the lift at the large angle of attack. If we consider the efficiency as the lift divided by the drag, the flexible plate shows better efficiency at angles of attack greater than 30° compared to the rigid plate. The better performance of the flexible plate at large angles of attack comes from the deformation of the plate, which produces an interaction between the trailing edge vortex and the short edge vortex. The horseshoe-shaped vortex produced by a large vortex interaction at the trailing edge side has an important role in increasing the lift, and the small projection area due to the deformation reduces the drag. Furthermore, we investigate the role of flexibility on the lift and the drag force of the rectangular plate in a free-stream as the Reynolds number increases. Whenever a large vortex interaction at the trailing edge side is shown, the efficiency of the rectangular plate is improved. Especially, the flexible plate shows better efficiency as the Reynolds number increases regardless of the angle of attack.     

垂向双蝠鲼变攻角滑翔水动力性能研究

为了探究垂向间距和攻角对双蝠鲼在沿垂向分布集群滑翔时的水动力性能影响,根据蝠鲼的实际外形建立了蝠鲼计算模型,设置了4种间距排布即0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1倍体厚排布以及9种攻角状态即-8°～8°,随后借助Fluent软件进行了双蝠鲼变攻角、变垂向间距的集群滑翔数值模拟,结合流场压力云图以及速度云图对集群系统平均升/阻力以及集群中各单体的升/阻力进行了分析.数值计算结果表明:双蝠鲼沿垂向分布在攻角范围为-8°～8°进行集群滑翔时系统平均阻力均高于单体滑翔时所受阻力.单体在集群滑翔过程中获得减阻收益,当双蝠鲼以负攻角集群滑翔时,下方蝠鲼阻力减小,且垂向间距越小,减阻效果越明显;当以正攻角集群滑翔时,上方蝠鲼获得减阻收益.当双蝠鲼以负攻角滑翔时,系统平均升力大于单体滑翔时所受升力;当双蝠鲼以负攻角滑翔时,系统平均升力小于单体滑翔时所受升力,系统平均升力几乎不受垂向间距影响.下方蝠鲼升力始终大于上方蝠鲼升力,但随着垂向间距的增大,升力差距逐渐减小.     

带涡襟翼翼型流场的数值模拟

以数值计算为手段,分析了带涡襟翼的翼型的流场特性,分别对迎角及扰流板偏角对翼型气动性能的影响做了分析。结果表明,在小迎角来流情况下,保持迎角不变,涡襟翼偏转角度越大,升力越小,阻力越大,呈现较好的线性关系。在大迎角情况下,绕翼型的流动发生分离,通过适当控制涡襟翼的偏转角度,能够有效的改善翼型的失速特性,从而达到流动控制的目的,迎角越大,涡襟翼所需偏转的角度越大。     

Numerical simulation with a TVD–FVM method for circular cylinder wake control by a fairing

A water drop-shaped fairing is applied to control the wake behind a circular cylinder and to suppress the formation of Karman vortex street in this paper. The results are evaluated using high resolution CFD technique. A finite-volume total variation diminishing (TVD) approach based upon the recently proposed elemental velocity vector transformation (EVVT) method, which aims at solving the incompressible turbulent flow for irregular boundary conditions with renormalization group (RNG) turbulence model, is used to simulate the flow field around circular cylinder systems. The calculations are carried out with cylinder systems with and without fairings, while the fairings have different top shape angles within the range of $30°~90°$. The Reynolds number ranges from 1000 to 50 000. It is shown that the simulation results of present numerical method reaches good agreement with the available experimental and numerical simulation data of typical circular cylinder flow and a fixed fairing cylinder system flow. Compared with bare cylinder, the faired bluff structures can obviously reduce the lift and drag forces and alter the vortex shedding frequency. Overall, the mean drag coefficient can be reduced up to about (10–31)% and the RMS lift coefficient can be reduced up to (30–99)% for all faired systems at given Reynolds numbers. The influence of Reynolds number and attack angles on the flow field characters of bare cylinder and faired cylinders is also discussed. The faired structures with shape angles within $30°~45°$under zero-attack-angle-inflow case are considered as the optimal structures, with which the mean drag coefficient and the RMS lift coefficient can be reduced up to (26–31)% and (98–99)%, respectively. Considering the influence of attack angles on lift and drag coefficients reduction, 75° shaped faired structure may be taken as a proper option.     

Low Reynolds number airfoil aerodynamic loads determination via line integral of velocity obtained with particle image velocimetry

The small magnitude lift forces generated by both a NACA 0012 airfoil and a thin flat plate at Re?=?29,000 and 54,000 were determined through the line integral of velocity, obtained with particle image velocimetry, via the application of the Kutta–Joukowsky theorem. Surface pressure measurements of the NACA0012 airfoil were also obtained to validate the lift coefficient C _l. The bound circulation was found to be insensitive to the size and aspect ratio of the rectangular integration loop for pre-stall angles. The present C _l data were also found to agree very well with the surface pressure-determined lift coefficient for pre-stall conditions. A large variation in C _l with the loop size and aspect ratio for post-stall conditions was, however, observed. Nevertheless, the present flat-plate C _l data were also found to collectively agree with the published force-balance measurements at small angles of attack, despite the large disparity exhibited among the various published data at high angles. Finally, the ensemble-averaged wake velocity profiles were also used to compute the drag coefficient and, subsequently, the lift-to-drag ratio.     

Effect of flow regime change from subsonic to transonic on the air loads of an oscillating airfoil

In this research, the effect of flow regime change from subsonic to transonic on the air loads of a pitching NACA0012 airfoil is investigated. To do this, the effect of change in flow regime on the lift and pitching moment coefficients hysteresis cycles is studied. The harmonic balance approach is utilized for numerical calculation due to its low computational time. Verifications are also made with previous works and good agreements are observed. The assessment of flow regime change on the aforementioned hysteresis cycles is accomplished in the Mach number range of M=0.65–0.755. The reduced frequency and pitch amplitude also vary from k=0.03 to 0.1 and α₀=1–2.51°, respectively. Results show that the effect of increase in Mach number is to increase and decrease the lift coefficient during downstroke and upstroke, respectively, whereas at low reduced frequencies, the effect of increase in Mach number may lead to a reverse manner when airfoil moves toward its extremum angle of attack. Results also reveal that as the pitch amplitude varies, the shape of lift coefficient hysteresis cycle depends more on the pitch amplitude than on the appearance of shock. It is shown that as the Mach number increases, the incidence angles correspond to the extremum pitching moment, and depending on the reduced frequency, lie between zero and extremum angle of attack. These incidence angles shift toward the extremum angle of attack as the reduced frequency decreases. Results also show that the increase in pitch amplitude at low Mach number, in such a way that leads to the formation of shock around the extremum angle of attack, causes the extremum pitching moment to appear around these angles and at high Mach number, depending on the reduced frequency, the extremum pitching moment incidence angles would be between zero and extremum incidence angle.