Propulsion velocity of a flapping wing at low Reynolds number

This paper presents a computational fluid–structure interaction analysis for free movements with a flapping wing in a quiescent fluid. We demonstrated the moving velocity of a flapping wing according to the phase difference between the angle of attack and the positional angle in the case of a fruit fly with a Reynolds number of 136. If we considered the moving velocity of the flapping wing, the physics were different from that of hovering flight of previous studies, which did not consider the propulsive velocity and presented the advanced rotation of the angle of attack as the best mechanism for propulsion force, as compared to symmetric rotation and delayed rotation. We found that symmetric rotation produced a better propulsion velocity with less fluctuation in other direction than the advanced rotation. The hairpin vortex generated at the end of a stroke did not clearly contribute to the enhancement of propulsion; the wake capture is considered to be one of the main enhancements of the advanced rotation in a previous studies. We studied the effects of the angle of attack to determine why the fruit fly uses a large angle of attack during a constant angle of attack period. Larger angles of attack produced greater propulsion velocities. Further, larger angles of attack did not generate greater peak force during the rotation of the angle of attack at the reversal of stroke, but they produced less fluctuation at the reversal of the stroke and greater force during the constant angle of attack period.     

Rotary aerodynamic derivatives in the asymptotic theory of a high-aspect-ratio wing

The linear problem of inviscid incompressible flow around a high-aspect-ratio wing at an angle of attack and in the presence of steady pitching and rolling rotation is considered. The main integral equation of the problem is reduced to a sequence of one-dimensional integral equations without use of the matched asymptotic expansions method. The first few terms of the series for the circulation distribution over the wing surface are calculated. For an elliptic high-aspect-ratio wing the corresponding aerodynamic forces are calculated. The derivatives of the aerodynamic coefficients of the wing with respect to the angle of attack and the angular velocities are determined. The asymptotic expressions obtained are compared with the results of numerical calculations of the corresponding derivatives using the discrete vortex method.     

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WING LIFT THEORY

回顾了19世纪末、20世纪初探索建立机翼升力理论的过程,包括牛顿的正弦平方定律,对马格努斯效应的认识和应用,兰切斯特、库塔、儒柯 夫斯基建立机翼升力环流理论和普朗特建立升力线理论等。本文追溯了历史事实,并阐述了有关其人其事。     

安装固定气动翼板的大跨桥梁抖振分析

建立了安装固定气动翼板的大跨桥梁多模态耦合抖振分析框架，推演了作用在整个桥梁-气动翼板系统上的抖振力和自激力的显式表达式，考虑了多模态耦合效应．基于有限元法，作用在主梁-气动翼板系统上的抖振力转化为节点力，进一步得到作用在整个桥梁上的抖振力并导出了其功率谱密度矩阵；作用在主梁．气动翼板系统上的气弹自激力转化为节点力，并将其表达为气弹刚度矩阵和气弹阻尼矩阵．通过组集得到系统的运动方程，然后运用虚拟激励法在频域计算系统的抖振响应．以某大跨斜拉桥为例进行研究，结果表明：在主梁下方安装-对固定气动翼板后，主梁的扭转角位移、角加速度以及侧向加速度响应能够得到有效控制。     

The effects of corrugation and wing planform on the aerodynamic force production of sweeping model insect wings

The effects of corrugation and wing planform (shape and aspect ratio) on the aerodynamic force production of model insect wings in sweeping (rotating after an initial start) motion at Reynolds number 200 and 3500 at angle of attack 40° are investigated, using the method of computational fluid dynamics. A representative wing corrugation is considered. Wing-shape and aspect ratio (AR) of ten representative insect wings are considered; they are the wings of fruit fly, cranefly, dronefly, hoverfly, ladybird, bumblebee, honeybee, lacewing (forewing), hawkmoth and dragonfly (forewing), respectively (AR of these wings varies greatly, from 2.84 to 5.45). The following facts are shown. (1) The corrugated and flat-plate wings produce approximately the same aerodynamic forces. This is because for a sweeping wing at large angle of attack, the length scale of the corrugation is much smaller than the size of the separated flow region or the size of the leading edge vortex (LEV). (2) The variation in wing shape can have considerable effects on the aerodynamic force; but it has only minor effects on the force coefficients when the velocity at r ₂ (the radius of the second moment of wing area) is used as the reference velocity; i.e. the force coefficients are almost unaffected by the variation in wing shape. (3) The effects of AR are remarkably small: when AR increases from 2.8 to 5.5, the force coefficients vary only slightly; flowfield results show that when AR is relatively large, the part of the LEV on the outer part of the wings sheds during the sweeping motion. As AR is increased, on one hand, the force coefficients will be increased due to the reduction of 3-dimensional flow effects; on the other hand, they will be decreased due to the shedding of part of the LEV; these two effects approximately cancel each other, resulting in only minor change of the force coefficients. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10232010 and 10472008) and Ph. D. Student Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education (20030006022) The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Wave forerunners of streamwise structures in a swept wing boundary layer

In a model experiment wave packets (forerunners) have been detected for the first time in the flow regions preceding the fronts of streamwise structures in a swept wing boundary layer. The characteristics of the wave packets and the generating streamwise structures and the dynamics of their downstream development are investigated. It is shown that the forerunners can transform into turbulent spots thus leading to laminar-turbulent transition. Certain components of the forerunners are compared with a periodic instability wave.     

基于卷积神经网络和松鼠优化算法的机翼结构混合优化设计#br#

针对大展弦比机翼的结构轻量化优化设计,提出了一种高效的布局和尺寸混合优化方法．在CFD/CSD气动弹性计算的基础上,对不同的结构变量进行统一编码,使用一维卷积神经网络建立代理模型,并使用松鼠优化算法建立了混合优化模型进行搜索寻优．以某型太阳能无人机的机翼结构优化为例,优化结果表明翼肋的布局变量和翼梁的尺寸变量之间存在着耦合关系,使用松鼠优化算法相比于遗传算法节省了35 %~45 %的计算成本,且混合优化后的结构比原始结构减重4.1 %,验证了该方法的有效性．     

Application of a vortex lattice numerical model in the calculation of inviscid incompressible flow around delta wings

The flow over a flat plate delta wing at incidence and in sideslip is studied using vortex lattice models based on streamwise penelling. For the attached flow problem the effect of sideslip is simulated by modifying the standard vortex lattice model for zero sideslip by aligning the trailing vortices aft of the wing along the resultant flow direction. For the separated flow problem a non-linear vortex lattice model is developed for both zero and non-zero sideslip angles in which the shape and position of the leading edge separation vortices are calculated by an iterative procedure starting from an assumed initial shape. The theoretical values are compared with available theoretical and experimental results.     

CFD computations of NAL experimental airplane with rocket booster using overset unstructured grids

Flows around the NAL jet‐powered experimental airplane with a small rocket booster under the fuselage are computed by solving the Euler equations using the overset unstructured grid method. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of a small rocket booster, which accelerates the airplane to supersonic speed, on the aerodynamic performance of the airplane during the ascent flight and the booster separation. Two unstructured meshes, one for the airplane and one for the booster, overlap. For the accurate separation simulation, the two bodies are in contact at first, and then the booster mesh is contact mesh is moved relative to the airplane mesh to evaluate flow interactions between two bodies. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

翼吊布局民机发动机短舱位置优化研究

利用CFD的方法,对某民机进行短舱安装位置的优化分析。在对全机进行粘性绕流数值模拟的基础上,分析了前伸量和下沉量变化对机翼附近流场的干扰以及对全机气动性能的影响。短舱安装位置的优化选择在以巡航状态高升阻比为主要目标的同时,兼顾低速状态气动特性,分析计算了短舱位置变化对低速翼面流动分离特征的影响。计算分析结果表明：在所选的状态内,短舱前移和下移会降低高速状态的干扰阻力,并增加低速状态内侧翼面分离趋势,得出的规律性结论对工程应用具有一定的指导意义。