Expansion of computer technologies allow using numerical simulation in the early stages of aircraft design more and more often. The role of both wind tunnels and initial test flights used to verify the validity of sol...Expansion of computer technologies allow using numerical simulation in the early stages of aircraft design more and more often. The role of both wind tunnels and initial test flights used to verify the validity of solutions seems to be diminishing. Big systems for three-dimensional simulations of Fluid-Structure Interactions （FSI） constitute highly specialized and costly software. Most of the codes are based on many simplifications. In this paper fluid-structure interaction, taking into account the symetric manoeuvre of ultra light plane, is concerned. This phenomenon has important influence in many aeronautical applications. The method and developed system is demonstrated on ultra light I23 plane. For the first flow the comparison with experiment made in Institute of Aviation Warsaw is presented. Finally, aeroelastic simulation of full 123 aircraft configuration presents the capability of used numerical codes to analyze largescale complex geometries for manoeuvre. All computations were carried out in parallel environment for CFD mesh of order of millions tetrahedral elements.展开更多
In this paper,a CFD/CSD model coupling N-S equations and structural equations of motion in the time domain is described for aeroelastic analysis of large wind turbines.The structural modes of blades are analyzed with ...In this paper,a CFD/CSD model coupling N-S equations and structural equations of motion in the time domain is described for aeroelastic analysis of large wind turbines.The structural modes of blades are analyzed with one-dimensional beam models.By combining point matched sliding grid for wind turbine rotation and deforming grid for structural vibrations,a hybrid dynamic grid strategy is designed for the multi-block structured grid system of a wind turbine.The dual time-stepping approach and finite volume scheme are applied to the three-dimensional unsteady preconditioned N-S equations,and DES approach is employed to simulate the unsteady massively separated flows.A modal approach is adopted to calculate the structural response,and a predictor-corrector scheme is used to solve the structural equations of motion.CFD and CSD solvers are tightly coupled via successive iterations within each physical time step.As a result,a time-domain CFD/CSD model for aeroelastic analysis of a large wind turbine is achieved.The presented method is applied to the NH1500 large wind turbine under the rated condition,and the calculated aeroelastic characteristics agree well with those of the prescribed vortex wake method.展开更多
The nonlinear aeroelastic system of an airfoil with an external store was investigated,with emphasis on the bounds of limit cycle oscillations(LCOs).Based on the equivalent linearization,an approach was proposed to ca...The nonlinear aeroelastic system of an airfoil with an external store was investigated,with emphasis on the bounds of limit cycle oscillations(LCOs).Based on the equivalent linearization,an approach was proposed to calculate the bounds on LCOs over the full flight envelope.The bounds are determined directly without solving LCOs one by one as the flow speed varies.The presented approach can provide us with the maximal LCO amplitudes and the lower threshold for flow speed beyond which LCOs may arise.Numerical examples show that the obtained bounds are in nice agreement with numerical simulation results.The speed threshold can be predicted to a relative error less than 0.1%,and the maximal LCO amplitude to about 3%.The influences of the system parameters on the speed threshold for speed were investigated efficiently by the proposed approach.展开更多
The CFD/CSD coupling method is turning into the main research direction for the static/dynamic aeroelastic analyses. If one wants to use the method for the complex engineering aeroelastic problems, he needs to investi...The CFD/CSD coupling method is turning into the main research direction for the static/dynamic aeroelastic analyses. If one wants to use the method for the complex engineering aeroelastic problems, he needs to investigate the relative aeroelasfic algorithms, such as the numerical computational method of unsteady aerodynamic forces, equivalent low-dimensional structural fi- nite element model and the solution method of structural dynamic equations, data transfer technique between fluid and structure, the moving grid method, etc. Besides, he also needs to improve the computational efficiency by such as massive parallel CFD algorithm, reduced-order model （ROM） of unsteady aerodynamic forces, etc. In this paper, based on the authors＇ recent investigations, the research progresses in computational aeroelastic methods and their applications to engineering problem are summarized.展开更多
文摘Expansion of computer technologies allow using numerical simulation in the early stages of aircraft design more and more often. The role of both wind tunnels and initial test flights used to verify the validity of solutions seems to be diminishing. Big systems for three-dimensional simulations of Fluid-Structure Interactions （FSI） constitute highly specialized and costly software. Most of the codes are based on many simplifications. In this paper fluid-structure interaction, taking into account the symetric manoeuvre of ultra light plane, is concerned. This phenomenon has important influence in many aeronautical applications. The method and developed system is demonstrated on ultra light I23 plane. For the first flow the comparison with experiment made in Institute of Aviation Warsaw is presented. Finally, aeroelastic simulation of full 123 aircraft configuration presents the capability of used numerical codes to analyze largescale complex geometries for manoeuvre. All computations were carried out in parallel environment for CFD mesh of order of millions tetrahedral elements.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Project) (Grant No. 2007CB714600)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘In this paper,a CFD/CSD model coupling N-S equations and structural equations of motion in the time domain is described for aeroelastic analysis of large wind turbines.The structural modes of blades are analyzed with one-dimensional beam models.By combining point matched sliding grid for wind turbine rotation and deforming grid for structural vibrations,a hybrid dynamic grid strategy is designed for the multi-block structured grid system of a wind turbine.The dual time-stepping approach and finite volume scheme are applied to the three-dimensional unsteady preconditioned N-S equations,and DES approach is employed to simulate the unsteady massively separated flows.A modal approach is adopted to calculate the structural response,and a predictor-corrector scheme is used to solve the structural equations of motion.CFD and CSD solvers are tightly coupled via successive iterations within each physical time step.As a result,a time-domain CFD/CSD model for aeroelastic analysis of a large wind turbine is achieved.The presented method is applied to the NH1500 large wind turbine under the rated condition,and the calculated aeroelastic characteristics agree well with those of the prescribed vortex wake method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11002088,11272361)the Innovation Foundation for PhD Graduates of SYSU
文摘The nonlinear aeroelastic system of an airfoil with an external store was investigated,with emphasis on the bounds of limit cycle oscillations(LCOs).Based on the equivalent linearization,an approach was proposed to calculate the bounds on LCOs over the full flight envelope.The bounds are determined directly without solving LCOs one by one as the flow speed varies.The presented approach can provide us with the maximal LCO amplitudes and the lower threshold for flow speed beyond which LCOs may arise.Numerical examples show that the obtained bounds are in nice agreement with numerical simulation results.The speed threshold can be predicted to a relative error less than 0.1%,and the maximal LCO amplitude to about 3%.The influences of the system parameters on the speed threshold for speed were investigated efficiently by the proposed approach.
文摘The CFD/CSD coupling method is turning into the main research direction for the static/dynamic aeroelastic analyses. If one wants to use the method for the complex engineering aeroelastic problems, he needs to investigate the relative aeroelasfic algorithms, such as the numerical computational method of unsteady aerodynamic forces, equivalent low-dimensional structural fi- nite element model and the solution method of structural dynamic equations, data transfer technique between fluid and structure, the moving grid method, etc. Besides, he also needs to improve the computational efficiency by such as massive parallel CFD algorithm, reduced-order model （ROM） of unsteady aerodynamic forces, etc. In this paper, based on the authors＇ recent investigations, the research progresses in computational aeroelastic methods and their applications to engineering problem are summarized.
