The interaction between the car-body vibration and aerodynamic performance of the train becomes more prominent motivated by the vehicle’s light-weighting design.To address this topic,this study firstly analyzes the p...The interaction between the car-body vibration and aerodynamic performance of the train becomes more prominent motivated by the vehicle’s light-weighting design.To address this topic,this study firstly analyzes the posture characteristics of the car-body based on the previous full-scale test results.And then the aerodynamic performance under different vibration cases(different car-body roll angles)is studied with an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES).The results revealed that car-body rolling had a significant impact on the aerodynamic behavior of bogies,which significantly increased the lateral force and yaw moment of a bogie and further may have aggravated the operational instability of the train.The unbalanced distribution of the longitudinal pressure on both sides of the bogie caused by the car-body rolling motion was the primary cause for the bogie yaw moment increase.The tail vortex of the train was also affected by the car-body rolling,resulting in vertical jitter.展开更多
In this study,an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES)method based on the shear-stress transport(SST)k-ωturbulence model has been used to investigate the underbody flow characteristics of a high-speed trai...In this study,an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES)method based on the shear-stress transport(SST)k-ωturbulence model has been used to investigate the underbody flow characteristics of a high-speed train operating at lower temperatures with Reynolds number Re=1.85×10^(6).The accuracy of the numerical method has been validated by wind tunnel tests.The aerodynamic drag of the train,pressure distribution on the surface of the train,the flow around the vehicle,and the wake flow are compared for four temperature values:+15℃,0℃,−15℃,and−30℃.It was found that lower operating t emperatures significantly increased the aerodynamic drag force of the train.The drag overall at low temperatures increased by 5.3%(0℃),11.0%(−15℃),and 17.4%(−30℃),respectively,relative to the drag at+15℃.In addition,the low temperature e nhances the positive and negative pressures around and on the surface of the car body,raising the peak positive and negative pressure values in areas susceptible to impingement flow and to rapid changes in flow velocity.The range of train-induced winds around the car body is significantly reduced,the distribution area of vorticity moves backwards,and the airflow velocity in the bogie cavity is significantly increased.At the same time,the temperature causes a significant velocity reduction in the wake flow.It can be seen that the temperature reduction can seriously disturb the normal operation of the train while increasing the aerodynamic drag and energy consumption,and significantly interfering with the airflow characteristics around the car body.展开更多
With the increasing demand of higher travelling speed,a new streamlined high-speed maglev train has been designed to reach a speed of 600 km/h.To better capture the flow field structures around the maglev train,an imp...With the increasing demand of higher travelling speed,a new streamlined high-speed maglev train has been designed to reach a speed of 600 km/h.To better capture the flow field structures around the maglev train,an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES)is adopted to model the turbulence.Results show that the new maglev train has good aerodynamic load performance such as small drag coefficient contributing to energy conservation.The main frequencies of aerodynamic forces for each car have a scattered distribution.There are two pairs of counter-rotating large vortices in the non-streamlined part of the train that make the boundary layer thicker.Many high-intensity vortices are distributed in the narrow space between skirt plates or train floor and track.In the gap between the train floor and track(except near the tail car nose),the main frequency of vortex shedding remains constant and its strength increases exponentially in the streamwise direction.In the wake,the counter-rotating vortices gradually expand and reproduce some small vortices that move downward.The vortex has quite random and complex frequencydomain distribution characteristics in the wake.The maximum time-averaged velocity of the slipstream occurs near the nose of the head car,based on which,the track-side safety domain is divided.展开更多
The effect of ground condition on unsteady aerodynamic performance of a maglev train was numerically investigated with an IDDES(Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation) method. The accuracy of the numerical method h...The effect of ground condition on unsteady aerodynamic performance of a maglev train was numerically investigated with an IDDES(Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation) method. The accuracy of the numerical method has been validated by wind tunnelexperiments. The flow structure, slipstream and aerodynamic force around the train under stationary and moving ground conditionswere compared. Track and ground play a leading role in the influence of wake vortex structure;the flow structure around the trainis more complex under the stationary ground boundary condition. Near the nose point of the head and tail vehicles, the peak valueof the slipstream under the condition of moving ground is slightly higher than that under stationary ground. In the wake area, theeffect of themain vortex structure on both sides of the tail vehicle and the trackmakes the vortex structure in the wake area strongerthan that under moving ground, the slipstream peak is larger and the locus thereof is further forward. In the horizontal direction, thevortex desorption energy near the nose tip of the train is higher on stationary ground, while the vortex desorption energy far fromthe nose tip of the train is higher on moving ground. Compared with the static ground boundary condition, the resistance coefficientof the head and tail of a maglev train increases by 3.45% and 3.31% respectively under the moving ground boundary condition. Thelift coefficient decreases by 157.78% and 5.13%, respectively.展开更多
基金Project(BX2021379)supported by the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents。
文摘The interaction between the car-body vibration and aerodynamic performance of the train becomes more prominent motivated by the vehicle’s light-weighting design.To address this topic,this study firstly analyzes the posture characteristics of the car-body based on the previous full-scale test results.And then the aerodynamic performance under different vibration cases(different car-body roll angles)is studied with an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES).The results revealed that car-body rolling had a significant impact on the aerodynamic behavior of bogies,which significantly increased the lateral force and yaw moment of a bogie and further may have aggravated the operational instability of the train.The unbalanced distribution of the longitudinal pressure on both sides of the bogie caused by the car-body rolling motion was the primary cause for the bogie yaw moment increase.The tail vortex of the train was also affected by the car-body rolling,resulting in vertical jitter.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52172363 and 52202429)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFF0304103-03)the Independent Exploration of Graduate Students of Central South University(No.2019zzts268),China.
文摘In this study,an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES)method based on the shear-stress transport(SST)k-ωturbulence model has been used to investigate the underbody flow characteristics of a high-speed train operating at lower temperatures with Reynolds number Re=1.85×10^(6).The accuracy of the numerical method has been validated by wind tunnel tests.The aerodynamic drag of the train,pressure distribution on the surface of the train,the flow around the vehicle,and the wake flow are compared for four temperature values:+15℃,0℃,−15℃,and−30℃.It was found that lower operating t emperatures significantly increased the aerodynamic drag force of the train.The drag overall at low temperatures increased by 5.3%(0℃),11.0%(−15℃),and 17.4%(−30℃),respectively,relative to the drag at+15℃.In addition,the low temperature e nhances the positive and negative pressures around and on the surface of the car body,raising the peak positive and negative pressure values in areas susceptible to impingement flow and to rapid changes in flow velocity.The range of train-induced winds around the car body is significantly reduced,the distribution area of vorticity moves backwards,and the airflow velocity in the bogie cavity is significantly increased.At the same time,the temperature causes a significant velocity reduction in the wake flow.It can be seen that the temperature reduction can seriously disturb the normal operation of the train while increasing the aerodynamic drag and energy consumption,and significantly interfering with the airflow characteristics around the car body.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51605397)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFB1200602-15)the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Program(No.2019YJ0227),China。
文摘With the increasing demand of higher travelling speed,a new streamlined high-speed maglev train has been designed to reach a speed of 600 km/h.To better capture the flow field structures around the maglev train,an improved delayed detached eddy simulation(IDDES)is adopted to model the turbulence.Results show that the new maglev train has good aerodynamic load performance such as small drag coefficient contributing to energy conservation.The main frequencies of aerodynamic forces for each car have a scattered distribution.There are two pairs of counter-rotating large vortices in the non-streamlined part of the train that make the boundary layer thicker.Many high-intensity vortices are distributed in the narrow space between skirt plates or train floor and track.In the gap between the train floor and track(except near the tail car nose),the main frequency of vortex shedding remains constant and its strength increases exponentially in the streamwise direction.In the wake,the counter-rotating vortices gradually expand and reproduce some small vortices that move downward.The vortex has quite random and complex frequencydomain distribution characteristics in the wake.The maximum time-averaged velocity of the slipstream occurs near the nose of the head car,based on which,the track-side safety domain is divided.
基金the National Numerical Wind Tunnel Project(Grant No.NNW2018-ZT1A02).
文摘The effect of ground condition on unsteady aerodynamic performance of a maglev train was numerically investigated with an IDDES(Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation) method. The accuracy of the numerical method has been validated by wind tunnelexperiments. The flow structure, slipstream and aerodynamic force around the train under stationary and moving ground conditionswere compared. Track and ground play a leading role in the influence of wake vortex structure;the flow structure around the trainis more complex under the stationary ground boundary condition. Near the nose point of the head and tail vehicles, the peak valueof the slipstream under the condition of moving ground is slightly higher than that under stationary ground. In the wake area, theeffect of themain vortex structure on both sides of the tail vehicle and the trackmakes the vortex structure in the wake area strongerthan that under moving ground, the slipstream peak is larger and the locus thereof is further forward. In the horizontal direction, thevortex desorption energy near the nose tip of the train is higher on stationary ground, while the vortex desorption energy far fromthe nose tip of the train is higher on moving ground. Compared with the static ground boundary condition, the resistance coefficientof the head and tail of a maglev train increases by 3.45% and 3.31% respectively under the moving ground boundary condition. Thelift coefficient decreases by 157.78% and 5.13%, respectively.
