转捩位置对全动舵面热气动弹性的影响

高超声速附面层的转捩预测一直是流体力学研究中的难点,转捩前后物面的摩擦系数和传热系数会发生改变,转捩位置的不同会影响到飞行器表面热环境,进而使得飞行器的气动弹性特性发生显著变化.鉴于高超声速附面层转捩预测的不确定性,本文分析了转捩位置对高超声速全动舵面热气动弹性的影响.首先分别用层流模型和湍流模型求解N-S方程,得到气动热环境,并对气动热进行参数化;然后在不同转捩位置情况下构造出不同转捩位置的热分布模型,基于此种温度分布,结合热应力和材料属性的影响分析结构的热模态,将结构模态插值到气动网格上,采用基于CFD的当地流活塞理论进行气动弹性分析.以M=6,H=15 km的某舵面为对象进行计算,结果表明:(1)随着转捩位置向后缘移动,结构频率上升,结构颤振速度呈增大趋势,转捩位置的变化能够带来颤振临界速度最大6%的变化量;(2)当转捩位置位于舵轴附近时,结构的颤振特性变化剧烈.通过刚度特性的分解和分析发现,导致颤振特性变化的主要因素在于舵轴的刚度特性变化,舵轴的影响量占整个结构刚度特性变化量的80%以上.     

绕椭球的低速流动研究

理解和预测绕椭球的流动对指导飞行器和潜艇等交通工具的设计具有很强的工程意义. 近年来, 针对椭球绕流开展了大量的实验和数值模拟研究. 对有攻角下椭球绕流分离的定性描述和定量研究, 促进了对三维分离的辨识和拓扑研究. 文章对流场特性进行了分析, 介绍了分离对气动力、噪声、尾迹的影响, 以及实验条件对流动的影响. 上述定常流动与非定常机动过程之间存在明显差异, 非定常机动过程不能作为定常或准定常问题处理, 在机动过程中, 分离出现明显延迟, 气动力出现明显变化. 随后介绍了数值模拟在求解绕椭球流动中的进展, 当前求解雷诺平均的N-S方程湍流模式仍然是解决绕椭球大范围分离流动的主要工程方法, 大涡模拟和分离涡模拟等也逐渐得到了广泛应用. 受限于计算能力, 直接数据模拟只能用于较低雷诺数, 在高雷诺数流动中还不适用. 非定常机动过程的数值模拟较定常状态, 与实验结果的差距要大一些. 最后, 介绍了对椭球绕流场转捩的研究进展, 对T-S转捩与横流转捩的机理和辨识已经较为准确, 数值模拟结果与实验结果基本相符, 但对再附转捩的认识还不够清晰, 尤其是迎风面, 因此椭球绕流转捩的研究还需要依靠实验.      

激波与转捩边界层干扰非定常特性数值分析

激波与边界层干扰的非定常问题是高速飞行器气动设计中基础研究内容之一.以往研究主要针对层流和湍流干扰,在分离激波低频振荡及其内在机理方面存在着上游机制和下游机制两类截然不同的理论解释.分析激波与转捩边界层干扰下非定常运动现象有助于进一步加深理解边界层状态以及分离泡结构对低频振荡特性的影响规律,为揭示其产生机理指出新的方向.采用直接数值模拟方法对来流马赫数2.9,24?压缩拐角内激波与转捩边界层干扰下激波的非定常运动特性进行了数值分析.通过在拐角上游平板特定的流向位置添加吹吸扰动激发流动转捩,使得进入拐角的边界层处于转捩初期阶段.在验证了计算程序可靠性的基础上,详细分析了转捩干扰下激波运动的间歇性和振荡特征,着重研究了分离泡展向三维结构对激波振荡特性的影响规律,最后还初步探索了转捩干扰下激波低频振荡产生的物理机制.研究结果表明:分离激波的非定常运动仍存在强间歇性和低频振荡特征,其时间尺度约为上游无干扰区内脉动信号特征尺度的10倍量级;分离泡展向三维结构不会对分离激波的低频振荡特征产生实质影响.依据瞬态脉动流场的低通滤波结果,转捩干扰下激波低频振荡的诱因来源于拐角干扰区下游,与流场中分离泡的收缩/膨胀运动存在一定的关联.     

返回舱高雷诺数再入过程底部流动稳定性

返回舱高雷诺数再入过程中存在肩部高热流、底部阻力无法准确预测以及非定常振动等问题,解决此类问题的关键是分离和转捩等物理现象的准确识别.本文采用大涡模拟方法细致刻画了返回舱类钝体外形在高雷诺数再入过程中的分离和转捩等物理现象,获得了返回舱底部流动形态以及稳定性特征.从肩部剪切失稳、底部流动结构失稳、尾迹发展区以及远尾迹区...     

高超声速粗糙元诱导转捩的数值模拟及机理分析

采用直接数值模拟方法细致刻画了钻石型粗糙元诱导的高超声速边界层从层流到湍流的转捩过程,从拓扑结构稳定性和边界层流动稳定性两个角度分析了钻石型粗糙元诱导转捩的机理. 流动结构的拓扑分析表明,钻石型粗糙元头部区域和底部区域分别存在不稳定的鞍点-鞍点(SS) 型轨线和鞍点-结点-鞍点(SNS) 型轨线,在扰动的作用下其会形成非定常、非对称的振荡结构. 边界层流动失稳过程计算分析表明,钻石型粗糙元会产生高波数扰动,并发现在扰动发展过程中大尺度结构会破碎. 两种不同类型的流动失稳效应同时存在. 此外,通过不同类型粗糙元(圆柱、斜坡及钻石型) 的对比,揭示了不同类型粗糙元诱导转捩机理的差异,为高超声速人工转捩装置设计提供了基础理论支撑.      

矩形液池热毛细对流转捩途径研究

主要研究矩形液池热毛细对流的分岔转捩. 通过测量流体内部温度振荡情况, 详细研究了热毛细对流的转捩过程和转捩途径. 实验发现, 矩形液池热毛细对流的转捩过程依次经历了定常、规则振荡、不规则振荡的阶段. 对于不同普朗特数的硅油在不同长高比情况下, 通向混沌的途径不同. 在转捩过程中, 随着温差的增加, 普朗特数在16 (1cSt) 以下和普朗特数为25 (1.5cSt)、长高比为26 的硅油热毛细对流主要以准周期分岔的转捩方式为主;而普朗特数为25 以上的则以倍周期分岔的转捩方式为主;两种分岔有时还会伴随有切分岔形式的出现.实验中还观察到了表面波动和对流涡胞振荡等现象.      

湍流转捩模式研究进展

以湍流模式理论为基础发展起来的湍流转捩模式是一种十分重要的转捩预测方法. 本文对转捩模式的研究进行了回顾. 首先, 探讨了以低雷诺数湍流模式理论研究转捩问题的局限性,此类模式中, 用来模拟黏性层次的阻尼函数经过修正之后, 具有一定的转捩预测能力. 但也有观点认为这只是一种数值上的巧合而已. 其次, 指出了考虑间歇性的模式所存在的问题. 此类模式通过各种方式将间歇因子与湍流模式进行耦合, 在一定程度上考虑了转捩的物理机制, 可较好地模拟简单流动中的转捩过程. 但其中所包含的非局部变量使其与现代CFD方法并不协调一致. 接着, 分析了完全由局部变量构造的新型转捩模式, 其中涉及了关于非湍流脉动动能等转捩特征变量的新型输运方程. 最后, 对此领域的发展方向进行了预测.      

k-ω-γ模式对转捩影响因素的预测性能研究

高超声速边界层转捩的准确预测对飞行器的防热、减阻至关重要,而影响高超声速边界层转捩的因素众多.从模式角度出发研究边界层转捩的影响因素,采用k-ω-γ 转捩模式对5°圆锥的边界层转捩进行了数值分析,计算了不同头部钝度、来流雷诺数和湍流度情况下的边界层转捩,并与实验结果进行了对比. 研究结果表明:k-ω-γ 转捩模式基本能够反映头部钝度、来流雷诺数、来流湍流度对高超声速圆锥边界层转捩的影响规律,但对转捩后的热流峰值预测不准;从模式构造角度分析发现,雷诺数越高或头部钝度越小,层流区边界层越薄,k-ω-γ 转捩模式中第一、第二模态时间尺度增大,因此转捩起始位置提前;来流湍流度越大,等效脉动动能初值越大,导致层流区发展过程中等效脉动动能越大,因此转捩易于发生.      

低压涡轮内部流动及其气动设计研究进展

随着高空无人飞行器研究的不断升温, 高空低雷诺数条件下动力装置的研究越来越受到人们的重视.结合近年来国内外相关领域的研究工作, 对低雷诺数低压涡轮内部复杂流动机理的研究进展进行了介绍, 包括低雷诺数情况下低压涡轮内部非定常流动的特点, 叶片边界层分离及转捩现象机理, 上游周期性尾迹与下游叶片边界层相互作用机理等. 在此基础上给出了适合低雷诺数条件的低压涡轮气动设计方法:尾迹通过与边界层的相互作用, 能够抑制分离, 进而减小叶型损失, 在气动设计中有效引入非定常效应可以大幅度提高低压涡轮的气动负荷或降低气动损失, 最终达到提高性能的目的;数值及实验结果验证了这种设计方法的有效性.      

壁流动中的转捩

对壁流动的不同实验结果做了对比,这些实验结果来自于流动显示、热膜测量以及PIV测量, 对比的同时,还总结了与此相应的理论方面的进展.这些进展是在对所选大约120篇文献中内容归纳提炼的基础上给出的.尽管实验中所使用的初始扰动条件不同,但所发现的流动结构几乎是完全一样的. 在对壁流动转捩的认识方面,认为下列所观察到的流动结构是最基本最重要的:在边界层和管流中被称为类孤子相干结构(SCS)的三维非线性涡包、$\Lambda$涡、二次涡环和涡环链.近期的实验中发现了这些结构形成和转捩的动力学过程,具体包括以下内容: (1) $\Lambda$ 涡和二次涡环间持续的相互作用过程.该过程决定了涡环链的产生方式, 总是从壁面区域周期性地形成,并进入到边界层的外部区域; (2)高频涡的生成,这是理解转捩和湍流边界层(以及其他流动)发展的关键问题之一.尽管已经提出了一些解释,但是二次涡环的实验发现将对此提供一个特别清晰的解释.(3)在所有湍流猝发中SCS所起的关键作用.这一点被看做是低雷诺数湍流边界层中湍流产生的关键机制.与猝发直接相关联的是低速条带. 基于SCS的动力学过程, 针对壁流动情况,可以比以前更清晰地解释低速条带的形成机制及其与流动结构的关系.在实验中所观察到的SCS和二次涡环,不仅能使我们重温壁面流动转捩中的经典故事, 同时还开辟一条新的途径,可以基于此建立壁面流动转捩可能具有的普适性的动力学过程.      

The Effect of wake Turbulence Intensity on Transition in a Compressor Cascade

Direct numerical simulations of separating flow along a section at midspan of a low-pressure V103 compressor cascade with periodically incoming wakes were performed. By varying the strength of the wake, its influence on both boundary layer separation and bypass transition were examined. Due to the presence of small-scale three-dimensional fluctuations in the wakes, the flow along the pressure surface undergoes bypass transition. Only in the weak-wake case, the boundary layer reaches a nearly-separated state between impinging wakes. In all simulations, the flow along the suction surface was found to separate. In the simulation with the strong wakes, separation is intermittently suppressed as the periodically passing wakes managed to trigger turbulent spots upstream of the location of separation. As these turbulent spots convect downstream, they locally suppress separation.     

Analysis of DNS and LES of Flow in a Low Pressure Turbine Cascade with Incoming Wakes and Comparison with Experiments

The flow around a low-pressure turbine rotor blade with incoming periodic wakes is computed by means of DNS and LES. The latter adopts a dynamic sub-grid-scale model. The computed results are compared with time-averaged and instantaneous measured quantities. The simulation sreveal the presence of elongated flow structures, stemming from the incoming wake vorticity, which interact with the pressure side boundary layer. As the wake approaches the upstream half of the suction side, its vortical structures are stretched and align with the main flow, resulting in an impingement at virtually zero angle of attack. Periodically, in the absence of impinging wakes, the laminar suction side boundary layer separates in the adverse pressure gradient region. Flow in the laminar separation bubble is found to undergo transition via a Kelvin–Helmholtz instability. Subsequent impingement of the wake inhibits separation and thus promotes boundary layer reattachment. LES provides a fair reproduction of the DNS results both in terms of instantaneous, phase-averaged, and time-averaged flow fields with a considerable reduction in computational effort. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Velocity measurements of wake-induced unsteady flow in a linear turbine cascade

Extensive velocity measurements have been taken in a linear turbine cascade with unsteady oncoming wakes. The unsteady wakes were generated by moving cylinders on a squirrel cage device. The Reynolds number was 1.1 × 10⁵, and the Strouhal number varied from o to 7.36. The blade-to-blade flow and the boundary layers on the suction side were measured with a hot-wire anemometer. The results were obtained in ensemble-averaged form so that periodic unsteady processes can be studied. Of particular interest was the transition of the boundary layer. The boundary layer remained laminar in the case without wakes. The passing wakes caused transition, and the beginning of transition moves forward as the wake-passing frequency increases. Unlike in the flat plate study of Liu and Rodi (1991a) the boundary layer state hardly changed with time, although the turbulence level in the boundary layer showed clear periodic response to the passing wakes. The work reported here was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology through program TURBOTHERM under contract no. 0326501D. The authors should like to thank Mr. D. Bierwirth for his excellent technician work on this project, Dr. N. H. Cho for his help with the preparation of the plots and Mrs. R. Zschernitz for her expert typing of the text.     

Experimental investigation on the wake interference among wind turbines sited in atmospheric boundary layer winds

We examined experimentally the effects of incom-ing surface wind on the turbine wake and the wake interfer-ence among upstream and downstream wind turbines sited in atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) winds. The experi-ment was conducted in a large-scale ABL wind tunnel with scaled wind turbine models mounted in different incom-ing surface winds simulating the ABL winds over typical offshore/onshore wind farms. Power outputs and dynamic loadings acting on the turbine models and the wake flow char-acteristics behind the turbine models were quantified. The results revealed that the incoming surface winds significantly affect the turbine wake characteristics and wake interference between the upstream and downstream turbines. The velocity deficits in the turbine wakes recover faster in the incoming surface winds with relatively high turbulence levels. Varia-tions of the power outputs and dynamic wind loadings acting on the downstream turbines sited in the wakes of upstream turbines are correlated well with the turbine wakes charac-teristics. At the same downstream locations, the downstream turbines have higher power outputs and experience greater static and fatigue loadings in the inflow with relatively high turbulence level, suggesting a smaller effect of wake inter-ference for the turbines sited in onshore wind farms.     

An experimental investigation of unsteady turbulent-wake/boundary-layer interaction

An experimental investigation of unsteady-wake/boundary-layer interaction, similar to that occurring in turbomachinery, has been conducted in a specially modified wind tunnel. Unsteadiness in a turbomachine is periodic in nature, due to the relative motion of rotor and stator blades, resulting in travelling-wave disturbances that affect the blade boundary layers. In the experimental rig, travelling-wave disturbances were generated by a moving airfoil apparatus installed upstream of a flat plate to provide a two-dimensional model of a turbomachine stage. The boundary layer on the flat plate was tripped near the leading edge to generate a turbulent flow prior to interaction with the wakes, and measurements of velocity throughout the boundary layer were taken with a hot-wire probe. The Reynolds number, based on distance along the plate, ranged from 0.144×10⁵ to 1.44×10⁵, and all data were reduced through a process of ensemble averaging. Due to the nonlinear interactions with the boundary layer, the travelling discrete frequency wakes were found to decrease the shape factor of the velocity profile and to increase the level of turbulent fluctuations. Unlike the phase advance found with stationary-wave external disturbances, velocity profiles subject to the travelling wake fluctuations exhibited increasingly negative phase shifts from the free-stream towards the wall.     

Transition mechanisms in laminar separation bubbles with and without incoming wakes and synthetic jet effects

Laminar separation and transition processes of the boundary layer developing under a strong adverse pressure gradient, typical of Ultra-High-Lift turbine profiles, have been experimentally investigated for a low Reynolds number case. The boundary layer development has been surveyed for different conditions: with steady inflow, with incoming wakes and with the synchronized forcing effects due to both incoming wakes and synthetic jet (zero net mass flow rate jet). In this latter case, the jet Strouhal number has been set equal to half the wake-reduced frequency to synchronize the unsteady forcing effects on the boundary layer. Measurements have been taken by means of a single-sensor hot-wire anemometer. For the steady inflow case, particle image velocimetry has been employed to visualize the large-scale vortical structures shed as a consequence of the Kelvin?CHelmholtz instability mechanism. For the unsteady inflow cases, a phase-locked ensemble averaging technique, synchronized with the wake and the synthetic jet frequencies, has been adopted to reconstruct the boundary layer space-time evolution. Results have been represented as color plots, for several time instants of the forcing effect period, in order to provide an overall view of the time-dependent transition and separation processes in terms of ensemble-averaged velocity and unresolved unsteadiness distributions. The phase-locked distributions of the unresolved unsteadiness allowed the identification of the instability mechanisms driving transition as well as the Kelvin?CHelmholtz structures that grow within the separated shear layer during the incoming wake interval and the synthetic jet operating period. Incoming wakes and synthetic jet effects in reducing and/or suppressing flow separation are investigated in depth.     

Measurements in the flow around a marine propeller at the stern of an axisymmetric body

Experiments were performed in a wind tunnel to study the flow around an axisymmetric body driven by a marine propeller. Measurements were made in the boundary layer and wake of the bare body, on the body with only a dummy hub rotating, and finally, with the propeller in operation. Part 1 of this paper described the experimental arrangement and instrumentation. Also, circumferentially-averaged results were presented to clarify certain aspects of the overall flow. In the present part, measurements made with a triplesensor hotwire are analyzed using phase-averaging techniques to reconstruct the instantaneous velocity and Reynolds-stress fields downstream of the propeller and show the evolution of the wakes of individual blades, blade-tip vortices, and the complex flow associated with vortices generated at hub-blade junctions. It is found that the blade wakes and features of the tip and hub flow are evident up to about two propeller diameters, beyond which the wake of the body-propeller combination can be regarded as a rotationally-symmetric flow.