悬停和侧滑状态的直升机主旋翼桨尖涡将穿透尾桨桨尖平面,由此导致尾桨非定常气动载荷发生明显变化。为更准确地模拟由主旋翼/尾桨干扰产生的尾桨非定常气动载荷变化,通过在面元压力项中增加由旋翼桨尖涡诱导的时变项,体现旋翼桨尖涡速...悬停和侧滑状态的直升机主旋翼桨尖涡将穿透尾桨桨尖平面,由此导致尾桨非定常气动载荷发生明显变化。为更准确地模拟由主旋翼/尾桨干扰产生的尾桨非定常气动载荷变化,通过在面元压力项中增加由旋翼桨尖涡诱导的时变项,体现旋翼桨尖涡速度和几何时变对桨叶非定常压力的影响,同时采用涡面镜像法修正涡粒子法的黏性项,确保桨叶附近区域旋翼涡量守恒,建立旋翼尾迹对尾桨叶的非定常气动干扰模型,并耦合面元/黏性涡粒子法,构建直升机主旋翼/尾桨干扰下的尾桨非定常气动载荷分析方法。通过计算AH-1G旋翼桨叶非定常气动载荷特性,并与实验测量值、计算流体力学(CFD)计算结果对比,验证本文非定常气动干扰模型的有效性。随后基于NASA ROBIN(Rotor Body Interaction)模型分析悬停、侧风和60°右侧滑状态主旋翼对尾桨非定常气动载荷的影响,分析表明主旋翼尾迹对尾桨非定常气动载荷影响显著。悬停状态的主旋翼/尾桨干扰导致尾桨拉力平均值下降、非定常气动载荷显著增加;左侧风状态,主旋翼/尾桨干扰削弱尾桨"涡环"程度,显著增加尾桨拉力和非定常气动载荷;60°右侧滑状态,主旋翼/尾桨干扰导致尾桨拉力损失最大,且在低速侧滑状态出现尾桨拉力"迅速恢复"现象,尾桨非定常气动载荷幅值迅速增加。展开更多
Flight dynamics modeling for the Mars helicopter faces great challenges.Aerodynamic modeling of coaxial rotor with high confidence and high computational efficiency is a major difficulty for the field.This paper build...Flight dynamics modeling for the Mars helicopter faces great challenges.Aerodynamic modeling of coaxial rotor with high confidence and high computational efficiency is a major difficulty for the field.This paper builds an aerodynamic model of coaxial rotor in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere using the viscous vortex particle method.The aerodynamic forces and flow characteristics of rigid coaxial rotor are computed and analyzed.Meanwhile,a high fidelity aerodynamic surrogate model is built to improve the computational efficiency of the flight dynamics model.Results in this paper reveal that rigid coaxial rotor can bring the Mars helicopter sufficient controllability but result in obvious instability and control couplings in forward flight.This highlights the great differences in flight dynamics characteristics compared with conventional helicopters on Earth.展开更多
Electric vertical take-off and landing(eVTOL)aircraft with multiple lifting rotors or prop-rotors have received significant attention in recent years due to their great potential for next-generation urban air mobility...Electric vertical take-off and landing(eVTOL)aircraft with multiple lifting rotors or prop-rotors have received significant attention in recent years due to their great potential for next-generation urban air mobility(UAM).Numerical models have been developed and validated as predictive tools to analyze rotor aerodynamics and wake dynamics.Among various numerical approaches,the vortex method is one of the most suitable because it can provide accurate solutions with an affordable computational cost and can represent vorticity fields downstream without numerical dissipation error.This paper presents a brief review of the progress of vortex methods,along with their principles,advantages,and shortcomings.Applications of the vortex methods for modeling the rotor aerodynamics and wake dynamics are also described.However,the vortex methods suffer from the problem that it cannot deal with the nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics associated with the viscous effects and the flow behaviors in the post-stall regime.To overcome the intrinsic drawbacks of the vortex methods,recent progress in a numerical method proposed by the authors is introduced,and model validation against experimental data is discussed in detail.The validation works show that nonlinear vortex lattice method(NVLM)coupled with vortex particle method(VPM)can predict the unsteady aerodynamic forces and complex evolution of the rotor wake.展开更多
旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰是导致直升机纵向"抬头(Pitch-up)"现象的主要原因。为在直升机设计阶段准确分析旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰以及由此引起的低速纵向操纵特性变化,通过涡量等效原则和Neumann物面边界条件建立了适用于旋...旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰是导致直升机纵向"抬头(Pitch-up)"现象的主要原因。为在直升机设计阶段准确分析旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰以及由此引起的低速纵向操纵特性变化,通过涡量等效原则和Neumann物面边界条件建立了适用于旋翼/平尾气动干扰分析的非定常面元/黏性涡粒子混合法。该方法耦合了考虑尾迹时变效应的非定常面元法、黏性涡粒子法及涡量镜面法,以准确模拟旋翼和平尾的非定常气动载荷、旋翼尾迹的非定常特性以及旋翼尾迹对平尾的气动干扰效应。首先通过计算NASA ROBIN(Rotor Body Interaction)旋翼尾迹几何和诱导速度分布,并与实验测量值、时间精确自由尾迹及CFD计算结果对比验证方法的准确性。相比于时间精确自由尾迹,本文方法计算精度更高。随后分析了旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰对平尾向下气动载荷和气动导数的影响,并分析了平尾构型对旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰的影响规律。分析表明:旋翼尾迹与平尾干扰导致低速状态的平尾载荷突增,气动导数反号;低平尾气动载荷突增较大,高平尾较小,但高速气动导数反号;前置平尾载荷突增量减小,但对应速度范围较宽;右旋直升机右平尾载荷突增量较小,但气动导数特性基本不变。展开更多
为了快速准确地预估大型风力机风轮的气动性能,建立了一种基于面元-黏性涡粒子混合(HPVP)法的风力机风轮气动性能计算方法,自主编制了相应的计算程序.以model experiments in controlled conditions(MEXICO)风轮为算例,将计算结果与实...为了快速准确地预估大型风力机风轮的气动性能,建立了一种基于面元-黏性涡粒子混合(HPVP)法的风力机风轮气动性能计算方法,自主编制了相应的计算程序.以model experiments in controlled conditions(MEXICO)风轮为算例,将计算结果与实验数据、CFD方法进行了比较.结果表明:HPVP法可准确计算主要工作区的叶片压力分布.相比于CFD方法,在流动分离较小时,HPVP法可以快速获得与CFD方法精度相当的结果,但计算时间仅需要CFD方法的千分之一.除能够给出叶片压力分布外,HPVP法还能给出风力机风轮流场的其他流动细节.展开更多
文摘悬停和侧滑状态的直升机主旋翼桨尖涡将穿透尾桨桨尖平面,由此导致尾桨非定常气动载荷发生明显变化。为更准确地模拟由主旋翼/尾桨干扰产生的尾桨非定常气动载荷变化,通过在面元压力项中增加由旋翼桨尖涡诱导的时变项,体现旋翼桨尖涡速度和几何时变对桨叶非定常压力的影响,同时采用涡面镜像法修正涡粒子法的黏性项,确保桨叶附近区域旋翼涡量守恒,建立旋翼尾迹对尾桨叶的非定常气动干扰模型,并耦合面元/黏性涡粒子法,构建直升机主旋翼/尾桨干扰下的尾桨非定常气动载荷分析方法。通过计算AH-1G旋翼桨叶非定常气动载荷特性,并与实验测量值、计算流体力学(CFD)计算结果对比,验证本文非定常气动干扰模型的有效性。随后基于NASA ROBIN(Rotor Body Interaction)模型分析悬停、侧风和60°右侧滑状态主旋翼对尾桨非定常气动载荷的影响,分析表明主旋翼尾迹对尾桨非定常气动载荷影响显著。悬停状态的主旋翼/尾桨干扰导致尾桨拉力平均值下降、非定常气动载荷显著增加;左侧风状态,主旋翼/尾桨干扰削弱尾桨"涡环"程度,显著增加尾桨拉力和非定常气动载荷;60°右侧滑状态,主旋翼/尾桨干扰导致尾桨拉力损失最大,且在低速侧滑状态出现尾桨拉力"迅速恢复"现象,尾桨非定常气动载荷幅值迅速增加。
基金supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,China.
文摘Flight dynamics modeling for the Mars helicopter faces great challenges.Aerodynamic modeling of coaxial rotor with high confidence and high computational efficiency is a major difficulty for the field.This paper builds an aerodynamic model of coaxial rotor in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere using the viscous vortex particle method.The aerodynamic forces and flow characteristics of rigid coaxial rotor are computed and analyzed.Meanwhile,a high fidelity aerodynamic surrogate model is built to improve the computational efficiency of the flight dynamics model.Results in this paper reveal that rigid coaxial rotor can bring the Mars helicopter sufficient controllability but result in obvious instability and control couplings in forward flight.This highlights the great differences in flight dynamics characteristics compared with conventional helicopters on Earth.
基金The National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF-2017-R1A5A1015311 and 2021R1C1C1010198),South Korea.Author information。
文摘Electric vertical take-off and landing(eVTOL)aircraft with multiple lifting rotors or prop-rotors have received significant attention in recent years due to their great potential for next-generation urban air mobility(UAM).Numerical models have been developed and validated as predictive tools to analyze rotor aerodynamics and wake dynamics.Among various numerical approaches,the vortex method is one of the most suitable because it can provide accurate solutions with an affordable computational cost and can represent vorticity fields downstream without numerical dissipation error.This paper presents a brief review of the progress of vortex methods,along with their principles,advantages,and shortcomings.Applications of the vortex methods for modeling the rotor aerodynamics and wake dynamics are also described.However,the vortex methods suffer from the problem that it cannot deal with the nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics associated with the viscous effects and the flow behaviors in the post-stall regime.To overcome the intrinsic drawbacks of the vortex methods,recent progress in a numerical method proposed by the authors is introduced,and model validation against experimental data is discussed in detail.The validation works show that nonlinear vortex lattice method(NVLM)coupled with vortex particle method(VPM)can predict the unsteady aerodynamic forces and complex evolution of the rotor wake.
文摘旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰是导致直升机纵向"抬头(Pitch-up)"现象的主要原因。为在直升机设计阶段准确分析旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰以及由此引起的低速纵向操纵特性变化,通过涡量等效原则和Neumann物面边界条件建立了适用于旋翼/平尾气动干扰分析的非定常面元/黏性涡粒子混合法。该方法耦合了考虑尾迹时变效应的非定常面元法、黏性涡粒子法及涡量镜面法,以准确模拟旋翼和平尾的非定常气动载荷、旋翼尾迹的非定常特性以及旋翼尾迹对平尾的气动干扰效应。首先通过计算NASA ROBIN(Rotor Body Interaction)旋翼尾迹几何和诱导速度分布,并与实验测量值、时间精确自由尾迹及CFD计算结果对比验证方法的准确性。相比于时间精确自由尾迹,本文方法计算精度更高。随后分析了旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰对平尾向下气动载荷和气动导数的影响,并分析了平尾构型对旋翼/平尾非定常气动干扰的影响规律。分析表明:旋翼尾迹与平尾干扰导致低速状态的平尾载荷突增,气动导数反号;低平尾气动载荷突增较大,高平尾较小,但高速气动导数反号;前置平尾载荷突增量减小,但对应速度范围较宽;右旋直升机右平尾载荷突增量较小,但气动导数特性基本不变。
文摘为了快速准确地预估大型风力机风轮的气动性能,建立了一种基于面元-黏性涡粒子混合(HPVP)法的风力机风轮气动性能计算方法,自主编制了相应的计算程序.以model experiments in controlled conditions(MEXICO)风轮为算例,将计算结果与实验数据、CFD方法进行了比较.结果表明:HPVP法可准确计算主要工作区的叶片压力分布.相比于CFD方法,在流动分离较小时,HPVP法可以快速获得与CFD方法精度相当的结果,但计算时间仅需要CFD方法的千分之一.除能够给出叶片压力分布外,HPVP法还能给出风力机风轮流场的其他流动细节.
