Controlled Vortex Breakdown on Modified Delta Wings

This paper studies the effect of perturbation to the breakdown of the leading-edge vortices over delta wings. The passive perturbation in the normal direction is achieved by installing the hemisphere-like bulges on the delta wing along the projection of the vortices. The key purpose of this perturbation is to delay or suppress vortex breakdown over delta wings according to the self-induction mechanism theory. The design of bulge-like surface for delta wings offers a minimization of initial vorticity gradient and an elimination of linearly mutual induction within the vortex core. Three delta wings with swept angles of 60°, 65dg and 70° have been used. Dye flow visualization and force measurement in different water tunnels are performed at the water speed of U=0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25 m/s. In flow visualization, the results show contributions of bulges as perturbation to leading-edge vortices. The best outcome of perturbing the vortex core occurs in the case of the 65° delta wing. The breakdown positions on the 65° delta wing are delayed in almost the entire range of angles of attack, and that, the results are presented here.     

The impact of the pitching motion on the structure of the vortical flow over a slender delta wing under sideslip angle

The primary purpose of this investigation is to observe the effect of the pitching motion on the vortical flow structure and bursting of leading-edge vortices over a delta wing under the sideslip angle, β using a dye visualization technique. In the current work, a delta wing with a sweep angle of Λ = 70° was oscillated in upstroke and downstroke direction to be able to discover the influence of pitching motion on the flow characteristics of the delta wing. The values of mean angles of attack were selected as α_m = 25° and α_m = 35°, and the sideslip angle was altered from β = 0 to 16°. The delta wing oscillated with the various periods of T_e = 5 s, 20 s, and 60 s, respectively. Amplitude of motion was adjusted as α_o =  ± 5°. It is found that the pitching motion of the delta wing under the sideslip angle β varies the location of the vortex bursting and vortical flow structure substantially.

     

双三角翼非定常俯仰运动实验与数值模拟

文章针对双三角翼大振幅正弦俯仰运动过程中的非定常载荷和流动特性开展了实验与数值模拟研究,并与相同主翼后掠角的单三角翼进行了对比.实验研究在低速回流式水槽中开展,所采用的实验模型为边条后掠角为75°,主翼后掠角为50°的双三角翼全模,俯仰运动的旋转轴位于主翼弦长的2/3处,振幅为0~60°,运动的缩减频率k=0.03,0.06,0.12,0.24,0.48.实验Reynolds数以主翼弦长为参考Re=1.69×104.在水槽的测力实验中,发现非定常流动力的迟滞现象,并且随着非定常运动缩减频率的增大,流动的迟滞效应也随之增大.与相同主翼后掠角的单三角翼相比,双三角翼的迟滞环在低缩减频率下更小,但随着缩减频率的增大,这种差距逐渐减小.在数值模拟研究中,采用DDES湍流模型对俯仰双三角翼的流场进行了数值模拟.流场结果表明,在较低的缩减频率下,主翼吸力面的前缘涡是影响气动力的主要因素,非定常流动力的迟滞效应主要与前缘涡在上仰过程中的延迟破裂和下俯过程中的延迟恢复有关;在较高的缩减频率下,机翼前缘涡对气动力的影响减小,由机翼俯仰角速度而产生的环量力成为了气动力的主导因素,因此在较高缩减频率下,单三角翼与双三角翼的升力特性趋于一致.      

Quantitative visualization of the leading-edge vortices on a delta wing by using pressure-sensitive paint

Leading-edge vortices on a simple delta wing were visualized by using pressure-sensitive paint (PSP). PSP is an optical pressure measurement technique based on oxygen quenching of luminescent molecules. In the present study, we used PSP composed of platinum octaethylporphyrine (PtOEP) and fluoropolymer (poly-IBM-co-TFEM [Poly (isobutylmethacrtlate-co-trifluoroethylate)]). This new paint has higher sensitivity to pressure and lower sensitivity to temperature than previous ones, reducing an error due to temperature variation during a wind tunnel test. A thin coating of PSP was applied to a delta wing model with 70-degree leading-edge sweep. The coating was excited by Xenon light and emission from the coating was detected by a high-resolution CCD camera. Tests were done at subsonic speeds in the 0.2-m Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the National Aerospace Laboratory in Japan. Complicated flow structures on the delta wing including primary and secondary vortices were clearly visualized using pressure-sensitive paint. An a priori calibration technique was used to convert measured luminescent intensity into pressure. The obtained pressure distributions were in good agreement with pressure tap data. Pressure maps were obtained for various Mach numbers, Reynolds numbers and angles of attack. It was found that an increase in Mach number delayed vortex breakdown while Reynolds number had little effect on the vortex formation.     

低雷诺数反齐默曼机翼的气动特性

通过PISO方法求解非定常不可压N-S方程,研究小展弦比反齐默曼机翼在低雷诺数下的流场特征,并分析其对气动特性的影响.结果显示前缘分离涡在反齐默曼机翼上表面形成一对集中涡.分析表明这对集中涡是影响反齐默曼机翼气动特性的主要因素,给机翼提供了较大的非线性升力和较大的失速攻角,前缘涡之间的相互影响使得机翼出现非定常现象和大攻角的非对称现象.与矩形翼相比,反齐默曼机翼有较好的稳定性.     

The effects of vortex breakdown on the static rolling aerodynamics of finned slender body

The static rolling aerodynamics of a finned slender body is numerically studied in this paper.Simulation results show a nonlinear uprising of the rolling moment when the angle of attack is greater than 20°in subsonic flows.Asymmetric vortex break down phenomenon on the"horizontal"rudders is found to be responsible for this phenomenon.By introducing the geometric-equivalent angle of attack and geometric-equivalent sweep angle,the cause of the nonlinear rolling moment characteristics can be explained by the delta wing vortex breakdown analysis.     

三角翼涡破裂的高精度数值模拟

采用5阶精度的加权紧致非线性格式(WCNS-E-5)数值模拟65°后掠角尖前缘三角翼的大攻角跨声速绕流流场,考察低耗散、高分辨率的WCNS-E-5格式对于三角翼涡破裂模拟的适用性,及激波旋涡干扰对涡破裂点位置的影响,重点研究三角翼大攻角旋涡破裂点的突然前移.通过求解任意坐标系下的非定常雷诺平均N-S方程,采用WCNS-E-5和SST两方程湍流模型,与试验结果和文献计算结果对比,表明既有高阶精度又能光滑捕捉激波的WCNS格式在模拟三角翼旋涡破裂方面具有一定优势,其数值结果与试验结果吻合较好,三角翼大攻角旋涡破裂点的突然前移是由于跨声速流场的激波旋涡干扰.     

Large-eddy simulations and vortex structures of turbulent jets in crossflow

Using the method of large-eddy simulation, the 3-dimensional turbulent jets in crossflow with stream-wise and transverse arrangements of nozzle are simulated, emphasizing on the dynamical process of generation and evolution of vortex structures in these flows. The results show that the basic vortex structures in literatures, such as the counter-rotating vortex pair, leading-edge vortices, lee-side vortices, hanging vortices, kidney vortices and anti-kidney vortices, are not independent physical substances, but local structures of the basic vortex structure of turbulent jets in crossflow-the 3-D stretching vortex rings originating from the orifice of the nozzle, which is discovered in this study. Therefore, the most important large-scale structures of turbulent jets in crossflow are unified to the 3-D vortex rings which stretch and twist in stream-wise and swing in transverse directions. We also found that the shedding frequencies of vortex rings are much lower than the one corresponding to the appearance of leading-edge and lee-side vortices in the turbulent jets.     

Propagation dynamics of deformed 2D vortex Airy beams

We numerically and experimentally investigate the propagation of deformed 2D vortex Airy beams. Our results show that, for different topological charges, two parabolic trajectories that can be controlled by changing the initial wing angle always dominate the beam propagations. In this case, the main lobes take different propagation distances to restore to the peak intensity. The profiles tend to evolve into 1D or 2D Airy-like patterns to various degrees in the same propagation distance. Furthermore, the whole profiles yield a small change in their acceleration direction, depending on the topological charge and the initial wing angle.     

Visualizing strake and wing vortices in supersonic flow by a thermographic technique

The Unsteady Computerized Thermographic Technique (UCTT) provides patterns of the Stanton number on a body surface. These patterns are the imprints of the flow field. The UCTT already proved to be a powerful, not intrusive diagnostic tool both for the visualization and the strength evaluation of vortical structures on the lee-side surface of delta wing models. The patterns are obtained by processing, by an “ad hoc” mathematical model, the temperature time evolution of the model surface. The temperature is measured at a distance by a thermocamera. In previous tests on delta wing models, the used thermocamera showed a limitation in the optics and did not provide an appropriate space resolution and, therefore, a detailed visualization of whole vortical structure. In the present paper this limitation has been overcome. The optics improvement has doubled the space resolution of thermocamera. Tests, made at angle of attack of 6-deg. and Mach number of 1.92, verified that this improvement was substantial. In fact, the detection of secondary vortex on delta wing model and strake vortices on a double delta wing model was made possible. Unfortunately, it was not possible to visualize details of vortical structure on a Gothic wing model. Tests showed that vortical patterns were similar to the one on delta wing model.     

Riemannian geometry of irrotational vortex acoustics

We consider acoustic propagation in an irrotational vortex, using the technical machinery of differential geometry to investigate the "acoustic geometry" that is probed by the sound waves. The acoustic space-time curvature of a constant circulation hydrodynamical vortex leads to deflection of phonons at appreciable distances from the vortex core. The scattering angle for phonon rays is shown to be quadratic in the small quantity Gamma/2pi(cb), where Gamma is the vortex circulation, c the speed of sound, and b the impact parameter.     

湍流边界层中下扫流与“反发卡涡”

用氢气泡法观测湍流边界层的下扫流和有关的流动结构.实验中发现一种新型涡结构，它的特征与典型的发卡涡正好相反.发卡涡的头部指向下游，而它的头部指向上游； 发卡涡的两腿之间，由于涡的诱导产生上升流，而它则在其两腿之间，由于涡的诱导产生下扫流. 关键词： 湍流边界层 流动显示 流动结构 发卡涡     

Flow-around modes for a rhomboid wing with a stall vortex in the shock layer

The results of theoretical and experimental investigation of an asymmetrical hypersonic flow around a V-shaped wing with the opening angle larger than π on the modes with attached shockwaves on forward edges, when the stall flow is implemented on the leeward wing cantilever behind the kink point of the cross contour. In this case, a vortex of nonviscous nature is formed in which the velocities on the sphere exceeding the speed of sound and resulting in the occurrence of pressure shocks with an intensity sufficient for the separation of the turbulent boundary layer take place in the reverse flow according to the calculations within the framework of the ideal gas. It is experimentally established that a separation boundary layer can exist in the reverse flow, and its structure is subject to the laws inherent to the reverse flow in the separation region of the turbulent boundary layer arising in the supersonic conic flow under the action of a shockwave incident to the boundary layer.     

低Reynolds数下合成双射流控制结冰翼型流动分离的数值模拟

通过FLUENT软件数值模拟的方法,分别对结明冰、混合冰、霜冰翼型的气动特性进行了研究,分析了合成双射流对改善结冰翼型流动分离的影响规律.结果表明:3种冰形均破坏了翼型的流线型,对翼型的气动力特性有不同程度的影响,其中霜冰对翼型气动力特性影响最小,明冰对翼型气动力特性影响最大,混合冰介于两者之间.开启合成双射流激励器,在小攻角情况下,结冰翼型的气动特性得到了有效的改善.而在大攻角情况下,合成双射流激励器不能完全消除分离涡,但可以推迟分离涡,分离涡厚度增加,分离涡最厚点推后.      

带喷流超声速后台阶流场精细结构及其运动特性研究

采用基于纳米示踪的平面激光散射技术(NPLS)对带超声速喷流的后台阶流动精细结构进行了研究. 来流马赫数为3.4, 喷流实测马赫数为2.45, 而名义马赫数为2.5. 结果清晰地揭示了激波、剪切层、混合层、Kelvin-Helmholtz涡、羊角涡及湍流大尺度结构等大量典型流场结构. 基于大量流场精细结构图像, 对典型位置处的结构进行了空间两点相关性分析, 在喷流混合层前端涡结构小于湍流充分发展的尾端, 结构角相对也小. 喷流工作时, 模型台阶下游表面由一薄层气膜覆盖. 获得了模型流向和不同高度展向平面内的流场结构, 对照纹影试验结果, 分析了流动特点及时间演化规律. 采用微型压力扫描系统测试了模型表面的压力系数分布, 靠近喷流下游处压力系数区域0.0146. 针对NPLS图像做了流动的分形维数的分析, 发现在流动初始阶段分形维数接近于1, 越靠下游分形维数越高.     

Global visualization and quantification of compressible vortex loops

The physics of compressible vortex loops generated due to the rolling up of the shear layer upon the diffraction of a shock wave from a shock tube is far from being understood, especially when shock-vortex interactions are involved. This is mainly due to the lack of global quantitative data available which characterizes the flow. The present study involves the usage of the PIV technique to characterize the velocity and vorticity of compressible vortex loops formed at incident shock Mach numbers ofM=1.54 and1.66. Another perk of the PIV technique over purely qualitative methods, which has been demonstrated in the current study, is that at the same time the results also provide a clear image of the various flow features. Techniques such as schlieren and shadowgraph rely on density gradients present in the flow and fail to capture regions of the flow influenced by the primary flow structure which would have relatively lower pressure and density. Various vortex loops, namely, square, elliptic and circular, were generated using different shape adaptors fitted to the end of the shock tube. The formation of a coaxial vortex loop with opposite circulation along with the generation of a third stronger vortex loop ahead of the primary with same circulation direction are of the interesting findings of the current study.     

Simulating the dynamics of flexible bodies and vortex sheets

We present a numerical method for the dynamics of a flexible body in an inviscid flow with a free vortex sheet. The formulation is implicit with respect to body variables and explicit with respect to the free vortex sheet. We apply the method to a flexible foil driven periodically in a steady stream. We give numerical evidence that the method is stable and accurate for a relatively small computational cost. A continuous form of the vortex sheet regularization permits continuity of the flow across the body’s trailing edge. Nonlinear behavior arises gradually with respect to driving amplitude, and is attributed to the rolling-up of the vortex sheet. Flow quantities move across the body in traveling waves, and show large gradients at the body edges. We find that in the small-amplitude regime, the phase difference between heaving and pitching which maximizes trailing edge deflection also maximizes power output; the phase difference which minimizes trailing edge deflection maximizes efficiency.     

Flow visualization of vortex structure in a pulsed rectangular jet

Pulsating jet is visualized using hydrogen bubble method to clarify the vortex nature in the near field of the jet. This study focused on the development in space and time of vortex structures evolution in low aspect-ratio rectangular jet with pulsation. Pulsation means large-amplitude, low-frequency excitation which is expected to increase the mixing and spreading of the jet and to accelerate its transition from a rectangular form to an axisymmetric form. It was deemed appropriate to investigate whether jet characteristics of a pulsating, submerged jet flow can be altered by including pulsations. The difference of the vortex deformation process is discussed in relation to pulsating conditions. Consequently, the pulsation leads to the formation of vortices at regular intervals, which are larger than those occurring in a steady jet. The results show that the streamwise interaction, between leading vortex and trailing vortex rolled up at nozzle lips, strengthens with increasing pulsating frequency. The spanwise drift of the vortex becomes strongly apparent at large amplitude and high frequency conditions. The drifting start position does not change regardless of pulsating condition. The convection velocity of vortex increases at lower frequency and larger amplitude.     

前缘曲率对三维边界层内被激发出非定常横流模态的影响研究

三维边界层感受性问题是三维边界层层流向湍流转捩的初始阶段,是实现三维边界层转捩预测与控制的关键环节.在高湍流度的环境下,非定常横流模态的失稳是导致三维边界层流动转捩的主要原因;但是,前缘曲率对三维边界层感受性机制作用的研究也是十分重要的课题之一.因此,本文采用直接数值模拟方法研究在自由来流湍流作用下具有不同椭圆形前缘三维（后掠翼平板）边界层内被激发出非定常横流模态的感受性机制;揭示不同椭圆形前缘曲率对三维边界层内被激发出非定常横流模态的扰动波波包传播速度、传播方向、分布规律、感受性系数以及分别提取获得一组扰动波的幅值、色散关系和增长率等关键因素的影响;建立在不同椭圆形前缘曲率情况下,三维边界层内被激发出非定常横流模态的感受性问题与自由来流湍流的强度和运动方向变化之间的内在联系;详细分析了不同强度各向异性的自由来流湍流在激发三维边界层感受性机制的物理过程中起着何种作用等.通过上述研究将有益于拓展和完善流动稳定性理论,为三维边界层内层流向湍流转捩的预测与控制提供依据.     

Experimental studies on the interaction of jets with the vortex wake of slender bodies

An experimental study has been conducted to examine the low-speed aerodynamic characteristics of a pair of circular jets behaviour in the vortex-wake of a blunted cone cylinderbody combination with and without a 70° leading edge sweep delta wing. The induced flow-field was examined via two-dimensional hot-wire anemometry surveys. Comparisons were made between the induced wake with and without the circular jets. The flow field over the models was visualized using smoke and oil flow visualization. The jet-pair was found to undergo severe distortion within a very short distance from the nozzle exits. The shape of the jets was shown to change considerably when placed in the vortex wake flow field of the models, which caused the jet-pair to spread and become entrained within the vortices and wake created by the models.