Bifurcation analysis of aero-engine's rotor system under constant maneuver load

When an aircraft is hovering or doing a dive-hike flight at a fixed speed, a constant additional inertial force will be induced to the rotor system of the aero-engine, which can be called a constant maneuver load. Take hovering as an example. A Jeffcott rotor system with a biased rotor and several nonlinear elastic supports is modeled, and the vibration characteristics of the rotor system under a constant maneuver load are analytically studied. By using the multiple-scale method, the differential equations of the system are solved, and the bifurcation equations are obtained. Then, the bifurcations of the system are analyzed by using the singularity theory for the two variables. In the EG-plane, where E refers to the eccentricity of the rotor and G represents the constant maneuver load, two hysteresis point sets and one double limit point set are obtained. The bifurcation diagrams are also plotted. It is indicated that the resonance regions of the two variables will shift to the right when the aircraft is maneuvering. Furthermore, the movement along the horizontal direction is faster than that along the vertical direction. Thus, the different overlapping modes of the two resonance regions will bring about different bifurcation modes due to the nonlinear coupling effects. This result lays a theoretical foundation for controlling the stability of the aero-engine＇s rotor system under a maneuver load.

The Influence of Aerodynamic Unsteady Effect on Maneuver Load of Aircraft Horizontal Tail

In this paper, the unsteady effect of airflow is introduced into the calculation of aircraft maneuver load, and the results are compared with those obtained by quasi-steady method. Taking the steep pitch maneuver of an aircraft as an example, two methods are used to calculate the aircraft response after the rudder input is given according to the specifications. The calculation results show that if the peak overload of the aircraft is the same, the horizontal tail load increases by about 1% when the unsteady effect of the airflow is taken into account. If the rudder input of the two methods is the same, the unsteady calculation method will increase more. At the same time, the calculation shows that the bigger the deflection speed of rudder surface is, the bigger the difference between them is. Therefore, in order to improve the design quality of aircraft, it is necessary to introduce the unsteady effect into the calculation of loads in the detailed design stage of aircraft.

A novel compilation method of comprehensive mission spectrum of aero-engine maneuvering load based on use-related mission segment

Comprehensive Mission Spectrum(CMS)of an aero-engine can reflect the usage characteristics of the engine.It can provide load input for engine life prediction and accelerated mission test.In this paper,a novel compilation method of CMS of aero-engine maneuvering load based on mission segment is proposed.Firstly,the use-related Typical Mission Segment(TMS)of maneuvering load is divided and identified according to spectral characteristics.Secondly,the mathematical model of different kinds of TMS are established based on stochastic process theory.Finally,the CMS of maneuvering load is compiled based on TMS.The proposed method can accurately quantify the compilation of CMS.The compiled CMS shows good agreement with the original load spectrum.According to damage consistency inspection,the compiled CMS is consistent with the damage caused by the original load spectrum in terms of low cycle fatigue.

Analysis of 1/2 sub-harmonic resonance in a maneuvering rotor system

This paper focuses on the 1/2 sub-harmonic resonance of an aircraft’s rotor system under hovering flight that can be modeled as a maneuver load G in the equations of motion.The effect on the rotor system is analyzed by using theoretical methods.It is shown that the sub-harmonic resonance may occur due to maneuvering flight conditions.The larger the eccentricity E and the maneuver load G,the greater the sub-harmonic resonance.The effects of nonlinear stiffness,damping of the system,maneuver load,and eccentricity on the sub-harmonic resonance region in parameter planes are also investigated.Bifurcation diagrams of the analytical solutions are in good agreement with that of the numerical simulation solutions.These results will contribute to the understanding of the nonlinear dynamic behaviors of maneuvering rotor systems.

Aeroelastic optimization design for wing with maneuver load uncertainties

An aeroelastic optimization design methodology for air vehicle considering the uncertainties in maneuver load conditions is presented and applied to a structural design process of low-aspect-ratio wing. An aerodynamic load correction model is developed and used to predict the critical load conditions with the perturbations of theoretical linear aerodynamic forces and experimental aerodynamic forces from wind-tunnel test, when concerning the uncertainties in use of theoretical linear and experimental aerodynamic forces. Three objective functions of critical loads are defined. The load evaluations for three wing sections are investigated in four characteristic maneuvers, and the most critical load conditions are confirmed by using the sequential quadratic programming method. On this basis, the aeroelastic optimization design employing the genetic-gradient hybrid algorithm is conducted, in which the objective is to minimize structural mass subject to the constraints of stress, deformation and flutter speed. The resulting optimal structure is heavier than the one simply based on the theoretical linear or experimental aerodynamic forces. However, it is more robust when encountering the critical load conditions in actual flight due to the consideration of uncertainties in aerodynamic forces in the early design phase, thereby, the risk of structural redesign can be reduced.