Aeroelastic analysis of swept pre-twisted wings

In this paper, aeroelastic modeling of aircraft wings with variations in sweep angle, taper ratio, and variable pre-twist angle along the span is considered. The wing structure is modeled as a classical beam with torsion and bending flexibility. The governing equations are derived based on Hamilton’s principle. Moreover, Peters’ finite state aerodynamic model which is modified to take into account the effects of the wing finite-span, the wing sweep angle, and the wing pre-twist angle, is used to simulate the aerodynamic loads on the wing. The coupled partially differential equations are discretized to a set of ordinary differential equations using Galerkin’s approach. By solving these equations the aeroelastic instability conditions are derived. The results are compared with some experimental and analytical results of previous published papers and good agreement is attained. Effects of the wing sweep angle, taper ratio, bending to torsional rigidity, and pre-twist angle on the flutter boundary in several cases are studied. Results show that these geometrical and physical parameters have considerable effects on the wing flutter boundary.     

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.     

耦合时间精度对模拟飞行器自由运动特性的影响

将亚迭代技术引入流体动力学和刚体动力学方程的耦合求解,获得细长三角翼极限环运动的规律.探讨耦合时间精度对飞行器非定常运动特性的影响,细长三角冀的大迎角自由滚运动最终形成极限环振荡的周期性自维持运动,不同攻角自由滚振幅阶跃式的变化特点较好地吻合了自由滚试验的规律.对于多系统耦合问题,亚迭代耦合求解(耦合时间精度为二阶)对物理时间步长的依赖性不明显;而存在一阶时间滞后的解耦推进方法的数值结果强烈地依赖于物理时间步长选取,稍大的时间步长将导致非物理的数值结果.     

柔性扑翼的气动特性研究

以往扑翼的气动力计算研究都很少考虑扑翼的柔性,而在鸟的扑翼动作中,在外加气动力和鸟自身的扑动力作用下,扑翼的柔性变形相当大。本文在原有匀速刚性模型的基础上,提出考虑了扑翼扑动速率变化和形状变化的扑翼分析模型,使之更接近鸟翼柔性扑动真实情况。通过计算分析气动特性发现,控制适当的话,柔性变形能大大改善扑翼的气动性能。本文通过模拟鸟扑翼的柔性运动,计算了时柔性扑翼气动力以及平均升力系数和平均推力系数随着扑动角、倾斜角等参数变化的情况,从而从气动的角度解释了为什么鸟在不同的飞行阶段扑翼规律各不相同,并为柔性扑翼飞行器的设计提供了理论依据。     

Wing characteristics and flapping behavior of flying insects

This paper is concerned with the flapping characteristics and the structure dynamics of insect wings. The flapping behavior of some insects is studied using a threedimensional motion analysis system. The experimental system is composed of two high-speed video cameras, a motion grabber, and a personal computer. The three-dimensional representation of insect flapping can be gained by the system. The extrinsic skeleton vibration produced by insect flapping is examined with the optical displacement detector system. The structural properties of some insect wings are also studied by a three-dimensional, optical shape measurement system. Some functional principles underlying insect wing design are revealed by the measurements of surface roughness and flapping analysis.     

Computation of heat transfer enhancement in a plate‐fin heat exchanger with triangular inserts and delta wing vortex generator

Longitudinal vortices disrupt the growth of the thermal boundary layer, thereby the vortex generators producing the longitudinal vortices are well known for the enhancement of heat transfer in compact heat exchangers. The present investigation determines the heat transfer characteristics with secondary flow analysis in plate fin triangular ducts with delta wing vortex generators. This geometrical configuration is investigated for various angles of attack of the wing i.e. 15°, 20°, 26° and 37° and Reynolds numbers 100 and 200. The constant wall temperature boundary condition is used. The solution of the complete Navier Stokes equation and the energy equation is carried out using the staggered grid arrangement. The performance of the combination of triangular secondary fins and delta wing with stamping on slant surfaces has also been studied. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A moving grid finite element method applied to a model biological pattern generator

Many problems in biology involve growth. In numerical simulations it can therefore be very convenient to employ a moving computational grid on a continuously deforming domain. In this paper we present a novel application of the moving grid finite element method to compute solutions of reaction–diffusion systems in two-dimensional continuously deforming Euclidean domains. A numerical software package has been developed as a result of this research that is capable of solving generalised Turing models for morphogenesis.     

Unsteady boundary layers with small cross flows

Despite the intensive development of computer technology and methods of solving the Navier-Stokes and Reynolds equations, the unsteady problems of the three-dimensional boundary layer are of significant interest in aerodynamics. So far these problems have been little studied as a result of objective difficulties related with the large dimensionality of the system of equations and the complexity of its investigation [{xc1}]. Therefore, analytic results in this field are important. In the present study the unsteady three-dimensional boundary layer equations are investigated in the case of small cross flows using the perturbation method. An intermediate system of equations, which includes the basic three-dimensional effects but is significantly simpler than the initial system is derived. The features of the formulation considered are studied in relation to the important practical problems of boundary layer flow past slender wings and weakly asymmetric bodies at small angles of attack.     

75°前缘后掠角细长三角翼失速特性实验研究

本文简介了前缘后掠角为７５°的平板三角翼在西北工业大学ＮＦ－３低速风洞中的测力和相关的激光片光流动显示实验，给出了部分实验结果，并与文献［１－３］的结果进行了比较，虽然各种来源的结果存在着明显的差异，但ＮＦ－３风洞两种测试手段的实验结果却具有良好的相关性。