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Numerical Simulation of Propeller Slipstream Effect on Wing Aerodynamic Characteristics (프로펠러 후류 효과로 인한 날개의 공력 특성 수치해석)

  • Park, Y.M.;Kim, C.W.;Chung, J.D.;Lee, H.C.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.202-205
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    • 2011
  • A rotating propeller of turboprop aircraft gives much effect on the aerodynamic characteristics of wing such as lift, moment and stall. Specially, a rotating propeller changes the lift and moment characteristics when aircrafts are in landing or take-off condition. In the present paper, 3-dimensional Navier-Stokes simulations for the interaction of propeller and wing were carried out. For rotating propeller, unsteady sliding mesh method was used to simulate a relative motion. For the power effect analysis in landing and take off configurations, double slotted flap was also considered and the aerodynamic characteristics were investigated. It was shown that the propeller slipstream enhanced the lift slope including maximum lift and this enhancement was more dominant with high lift device.

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Effect on measurements of anemometers due to a passing high-speed train

  • Zhang, Jie;Gao, Guangjun;Huang, Sha;Liu, Tanghong
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.549-564
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    • 2015
  • The three-dimensional unsteady incompressible Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and k-${\varepsilon}$ double equations turbulent model were used to investigate the effect on the measurements of anemometers due to a passing high-speed train. Sliding mesh technology in Fluent was utilized to treat the moving boundary problem. The high-speed train considered in this paper was with bogies and inter-carriage gaps. Combined with the results of the wind tunnel test in a published paper, the accuracy of the present numerical method was validated to be used for further study. In addition, the difference of slipstream between three-car and eight-car grouping models was analyzed, and a series of numerical simulations were carried out to study the influences of the anemometer heights, the train speeds, the crosswind speeds and the directions of the induced slipstream on the measurements of the anemometers. The results show that the influence factors of the train-induced slipstream are the passing head car and tail car. Using the three-car grouping model to analyze the train-induced flow is reasonable. The maxima of horizontal slipstream velocity tend to reduce as the height of the anemometer increases. With the train speed increasing, the relationship between $V_{train}$ and $V_{induced\;slipstream}$ can be expressed with linear increment. In the absence of natural wind conditions, from the head car arriving to the tail car leaving, the induced wind direction changes about $330^{\circ}$, while under the crosswind condition the wind direction fluctuates around $-90^{\circ}$. With the crosswind speed increasing, the peaks of $V_X,{\mid}V_{XY}-V_{wind}{\mid}$ of the head car and that of $V_X$ of the tail car tend to enlarge. Thus, when anemometers are installed along high-speed railways, it is important to study the effect on the measurements of anemometers due to the train-induced slipstream.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF PROPELLER AND HIGH LIFT DEVICE AERODYNAMIC INTERFERENCES (프로펠러와 고양력 장치와의 공력간섭에 대한 수치해석 연구)

  • Park, Y.M.;Kim, C.W.;Chung, J.D.;Lee, H.C.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2011
  • A rotating propeller of turboprop aircraft gives much effect on the aerodynamic characteristics of wing such as lift, moment and stall. Specially propeller effect on the wing surface is much more dominant when aircrafts are in landing or take-off conditions. In the present paper, three dimensional Navier-Stokes simulations for the interaction of propeller and wing were carried out for medium sized turboprop aircraft. For rotating propeller, unsteady sliding mesh method was used to simulate a relative motion between moving and static bodies. For the power effect analysis in landing and take off configurations, double slotted flap was also considered and the aerodynamic characteristics were investigated. It was shown that the propeller slipstream enhanced the lift slope including maximum lift by eliminating local flow separation region and this enhancement was more dominant with high lift device.

Theoretical investigation about the hydrodynamic performance of propeller in oblique flow

  • Hou, Lixun;Hu, Ankang
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.119-130
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    • 2019
  • This paper establishes an iterative calculation model for the hydrodynamic performance of propeller in oblique flow based on low order potential based surface panel method. The hydrodynamic performance of propeller is calculated through panel method which is also used to calculate the induced velocity. The slipstream of propeller is adjusted according to the inflow velocity and the induced velocity. The oblique flow is defined by the axial inflow velocity and the incident angle. The calculation results of an instance show that the thrust and torque of propeller decrease with the increase of axial inflow velocity but increase with the incident angle. The unsteadiness of loads on the propeller blade surface gets more intensified with the increases of axial inflow velocity and incident angle. However, comparing with the effect of axial inflow velocity on the unsteadiness of the hydrodynamic performance of propeller, the effect of the incident angle is more remarkable.

Cavitation Observation and Visualization of the Gap Flows on a Rudder Influenced by Propeller Slipstream and Hull Wakes (프로펠러 및 선미반류에 의해 영향을 받는 혼-타의 캐비테이션 관찰 및 간극 유동에 대한 가시화 연구)

  • Paik, Bu-Geun;Kim, Kyung-Youl;Ahn, Jong-Woo;Park, Sun-Ho;Heo, Jae-Kyung;Yu, Byeong-Seok
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.238-246
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    • 2008
  • In the present study, the influences on the gap cavitaiton of the semi-spade rudder are investigated experimentally in the condition with propeller and hull wakes. To reduce the scale effect in the given experimental conditions, 1/28.5-scale-down models of propeller and rudder are manufactured. We have the propeller rotate ahead of the rudder, inducing the three dimensional effects originated from the propeller action. Experimental methods are composed of the cavitation observation using high speed camera, PIV (particle image velocimetry) measurements to visualize the cavitaition and flows around the gap. The propeller slipstream affects both of the gap flows and cavitation of the rudder.

A numerical study of scale effects on performance of a tractor type podded propeller

  • Choi, Jung-Kyu;Park, Hyoung-Gil;Kim, Hyoung-Tae
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.380-391
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the scale effect on the performance of the podded propeller of tractor type is investigated. Turbulent flow computations are carried out for Reynolds numbers increasing progressively from model scale to full scale using the CFD analysis. The result of the flow calculation for model scale Reynolds numbers agrees well with that of the experiment of a large cavitation tunnel. The existing numerical analysis indicates that the performance of the podded propeller blades is mainly influenced by the advance coefficient and relatively little by the Reynolds number. However, the drag of pod housing with propeller in operation is different from that of pod housing without propeller due to the acceleration and swirl of propeller slipstream which is altered by propeller loading as well as the pressure recovery and friction according to Reynolds number, which suggests that the pod housing drag under the condition of propeller in operation is the key factor of the scale effect on the performance between model and full scale podded propellers. The so called 'drag ratio', which is the ratio of pod housing drag to total thrust of podded propeller, increases as the advance coefficient increases due to accelerated flow in the slipstream of the podded propeller. However, the increasing rate of the drag ratio reduces continuously as the Reynolds number increases from model to full scale progressively. The contribution of hydrodynamic forces, which acts on the parts composed of the pod housing with propeller operating in various loading conditions, to the thrust and the torque of the total propeller unit are presented for a range of Reynolds numbers from model to full scales.

Analysis on the effect of vehicle interval on aerodynamic coefficient (차간 간격에 따른 후행차량의 공력계수 변화 분석)

  • Jeong, Yeo-Ji;Won, Seong-Jin
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2014.03a
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    • pp.527-532
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구에서는 사각 실린더로 근사된 차체 주위에 균일한 층류 유동이 흐를 때, 앞 사각 실린더의 후면에 나타나는 후류의 변화를 정상적인 관점에서 분석하였다. EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 앞 실린더와 뒷 실린더의 변화에 따른 공력계수를 확인하였다. 격자 분해능과 시간 간격에 따른 정확성을 분석하였다. 앞 실린더의 길이 변화, 두 실린더 간의 거리를 통해 나타나는 공력계수의 변화를 실제 상황에서의 운행 안정성 및 공기 저항에 대입하여 분석하였다.

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Numerical Analysis of Stall Characteristics for Turboprop Aircraft (터보프롭 항공기의 실속 특성 수치해석)

  • Park, Young Min;Chung, Jin Deog
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2012
  • Numerical simulations were performed to study the stall characteristics of turboprop aircraft. Stall characteristics were qualitatively investigated using the computational results of various configurations based on the combinations of propeller and high lift device. For the analysis of stall characteristics, three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver with Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model was used and the relative motion between propeller and wing was simulated using sliding mesh technique. For the cruise configurations, major flow separation was occurred at the fuselage/wing fairing and the separation was reduced under propeller slipstream condition. For the high lift device configuration without propeller, major flow separation was occurred at the outboard side of nacelle. With rotating propeller, early stall onset due to low relative velocity and high effective angle of attack was observed on the outboard wing section. Regarding rotating direction of propeller, inboard-down direction was preferred due to the stall delay effect of propeller slipstream.

Algorithm for Performance Analysis of Vane-Wheel using Panel Method (패널법을 이용한 Vane-Wheel 성능해석 알고리즘)

  • Seok, Woo-Chan;Suh, Jung-Chun
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.248-254
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we establish an analysis algorithm and a design procedure for a Vane-Wheel which is a freely rotating device behind a propeller, by using a panel method. Vane-Wheel's function is to extract energy from the propeller slipstream in turbine part which is inner part of the Vane-Wheel, and convert this energy into an additional propulsive thrust in propeller part which is outer part of the Vane-Wheel. Two parts must satisfy torque balance and thrust has to act to the ship's forward direction. A Vane-Wheel has large interaction effect with propeller since it is placed behind of the propeller. Therefore, in order to consider interaction effect correctly, incoming velocity to the Vane-Wheel in a circumferential mean wake was calculated considering induced velocity from propeller to the Vane-Wheel. Likewise, incoming velocity to the propeller was calculated considering induced velocity from the Vane-Wheel to the propeller. This process is repeated until a converged result is obtained.

In-Flight and Numerical Drag Prediction of a Small Electric Aerial Vehicle (비행시험과 전산해석을 통한 소형무인기 항력 예측)

  • Jin, Won-Jin;Lee, Yung-Gyo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents the procedure of drag prediction for EAV-1, based on a numerical analysis correlated to an in-flight test. EAV-1, developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, is a small-sized UAV to test a hydrogen-fuel cell power system. The long-endurance test flight of 4.5 hours provides numerous in-flight data. The thrust and drag of EAV-1 during the flight test are estimated based on the wind-tunnel test results for EAV-1's propeller performance. In addition, the CFD analysis using a commercial Navier-Stokes code is carried out for the full-scale EAV-1. The computational result suggests that the initial CFD analysis substantially under-predicts the in-flight drag in that the discrepancy is up to 27.6%. Therefore, additional investigation for more accurate drag prediction is performed; the effect of propeller slipstream is included in the CFD analysis through "fan disk" modelling. Also, the additional drag from airplane trim and load factor that actually exists during the flight test in a circular path is considered. These supplemental analyses for drag prediction turn out to be effective since the drag discrepancy reduces to 2.3%.