This study presents the development of computationally efficient coupling of Navier–Stokes Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)with a helicopter flight dynamics model with the ultimate goal of real-time simulation of ai...This study presents the development of computationally efficient coupling of Navier–Stokes Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)with a helicopter flight dynamics model with the ultimate goal of real-time simulation of airwake effects in the helicopter/ship Dynamic Interface(DI).The flight dynamics model is free to move within a computational domain,where the main rotor forces are converted to source terms in the momentum equations of the CFD solution using an actuator disk model.Simultaneously,the CFD solver calculates induced velocities that are fed back to the simulation and affect the aerodynamic loads in the flight dynamics.The CFD solver models the inflow,ground effect and interactional aerodynamics in the flight dynamics simulation,and these calculations can be coupled with the solution of the external flow(e.g.,ship airwake effects).The simulation framework for fully-coupled pilot-in-the-loop(PIL)flight dynamics/CFD is demonstrated for a simplified shedding wake.Initial tests were performed with 0.38 million structured grid cells running on 352 processors and showed near-real-time performance.Improvements to the coupling interface are described that allow the simulation run at near-real-time execution speeds on currently available computing platforms.Improvements in computing hardware are expected to allow real-time simulations.展开更多
基金the Office of Naval Research,ONR,under Grant/Contract numbers N00014-14-C-0020(PSU)and N00014-13-C-0456(CRAFT Tech).
文摘This study presents the development of computationally efficient coupling of Navier–Stokes Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)with a helicopter flight dynamics model with the ultimate goal of real-time simulation of airwake effects in the helicopter/ship Dynamic Interface(DI).The flight dynamics model is free to move within a computational domain,where the main rotor forces are converted to source terms in the momentum equations of the CFD solution using an actuator disk model.Simultaneously,the CFD solver calculates induced velocities that are fed back to the simulation and affect the aerodynamic loads in the flight dynamics.The CFD solver models the inflow,ground effect and interactional aerodynamics in the flight dynamics simulation,and these calculations can be coupled with the solution of the external flow(e.g.,ship airwake effects).The simulation framework for fully-coupled pilot-in-the-loop(PIL)flight dynamics/CFD is demonstrated for a simplified shedding wake.Initial tests were performed with 0.38 million structured grid cells running on 352 processors and showed near-real-time performance.Improvements to the coupling interface are described that allow the simulation run at near-real-time execution speeds on currently available computing platforms.Improvements in computing hardware are expected to allow real-time simulations.
