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Numerical Analysis of Aerodynamics Characteristics of Two-Dimensional Blade Section with Elastic Flap (탄성 플랩을 갖는 2차원 날개 단면 공력 특성 전산해석)

  • Bae, Gi-Seong;Won, Chang-Hui;Lee, Seung-Su
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2014.03a
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    • pp.637-642
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    • 2014
  • 선행 연구에서 블레이드 뒷전에 탄성 플랩이 장착되면 받음각에 따라 양력의 증가가 항력의 증가보다 상대적으로 더 커지게 되어 전체적인 양항비(앙력과 항력의 비)가 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 본 논문에서는 선행의 연구를 참조하여 플랩의 길이가 변함에 따라서 양력과 항력의 변화를 비교하였다. 블레이드의 종류와 플랩의 제원은 현재 이용되는 수직축 풍력 발전기의 제품과 동일하게 사용하였다. EDISON_CFD와 MIDAS_IT를 이용하여 플랩이 장착된 블레이드 주변의 유체 유동을 해석하고, 플랩의 상하변위를 계산하였다. 이 과정을 반복 수행하여 플랩의 거동을 분석하고 플랩의 길이와 받음각에 따른 양항비를 비교하여 이전보다 효율적인 플랩을 설계하였다.

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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE INTERFERENCE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL STORES AND TAIL WING SURFACES OF A GENERIC FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (전투기 형상의 외부 장착물과 꼬리 날개 공력 간섭에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Kim, M.J.;Kwon, O.J.;Kim, J.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.149-156
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    • 2007
  • A three-dimensional inviscid flow solver has been developed based on unstructured meshes for the simulation of steady and unsteady flowfields around a generic fighter aircraft and for the investigation of the aerodynamic interference between the external stores and the tail surfaces. The flow solver is based on a vertex-centered finite-volume method and an implicit point Gauss-Seidel relaxation scheme. To validate the flow solver, calculations were made for a steady flow and the computed results were compared with experimental data. An unsteady time-accurate computation of the generic fighter aircraft with external stores at transonic flight conditions showed that the external stores cause undesirable vibration on the horizontal tail surface due to the mutual interference between their wake and the horizontal tail surface. It was shown that downward deflection of the trailing edge flap significantly reduces the undesirable interference effect.

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Design Optimization of Multi-element Airfoil Shapes to Minimize Ice Accretion (결빙 증식 최소화를 위한 다중 익형 형상 최적설계)

  • Kang, Min-Je;Lee, Hyeokjin;Jo, Hyeonseung;Myong, Rho-Shin;Lee, Hakjin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.50 no.7
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    • pp.445-454
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    • 2022
  • Ice accretion on the aircraft components, such as wings, fuselage, and empennage, can occur when the aircraft encounters a cloud zone with high humidity and low temperature. The prevention of ice accretion is important because it causes a decrease in the aerodynamic performance and flight stability, thus leading to fatal safety problems. In this study, a shape design optimization of a multi-element airfoil is performed to minimize the amount of ice accretion on the high-lift device including leading-edge slat, main element, and trailing-edge flap. The design optimization framework proposed in this paper consists of four major parts: air flow, droplet impingement and ice accretion simulations and gradient-free optimization algorithm. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation is used to predict the aerodynamic performance and flow field around the multi-element airfoil at the angle of attack 8°. Droplet impingement and ice accretion simulations are conducted using the multi-physics computational analysis tool. The objective function is to minimize the total mass of ice accretion and the design variables are the deflection angle, gap, and overhang of the flap and slat. Kriging surrogate model is used to construct the response surface, providing rapid approximations of time-consuming function evaluation, and genetic algorithm is employed to find the optimal solution. As a result of optimization, the total mass of ice accretion on the optimized multielement airfoil is reduced by about 8% compared to the baseline configuration.

A Study on Truncated Flapped Airfoil for Efficient Icing Wind Tunnel Test (효율적 결빙 시험을 위한 절단 익형 형상 연구)

  • Jung, Sung-Ki;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Nagdewe, Suryakant;Myong, Rho-Shin;Cho, Tae-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.481-486
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    • 2011
  • The evaluation of supercooled water droplet impingement characteristics of full-scale aircraft components in wind tunnels under icing conditions has been severely limited by the relative size of the component and the test facility. The concept of truncated airfoil sections has been suggested in order to extend the operational range of icing tunnels. With proper deflection of the small trailing-edge flap on the truncated airfoil the local pressure distribution may remain very close to that of the full-scale airfoil. In this study the shape of a truncated flapped airfoil is investigated for various deflection angles. To validate the truncated flapped airfoils, air flow and collection efficiency over the truncated airfoil are compared with the results of the full-scale airfoil obtained from the state-of-the-art icing simulation code.

Aeroelastic Stability Analysis of Bearingless Rotors with Composite Flexbeam in Hover (복합재 유연보를 갖는 무베어링 로우터 시스템의 정지 비행시 공탄성 안정성 해석)

  • Lim, In-Gyu;Choi, Ji-Hoon;Lee, In;Han, Jae-Hung
    • Composites Research
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 2004
  • The aeroelastic stability analysis of composite bearingless rotors is investigated using a large deflection beam theory in hover. The bearingless rotor configuration consists of a single flexbeam with a wrap-around type torque tube and the pitch links located at the leading edge and trailing edge of the torque tube. The outboard main blade, flexbeam and torque tube are all assumed to be an elastic beam undergoing flap bending, lead-lag bending, elastic twist and axial deflections, which are discretized into beam finite elements. For the analysis of composite bearingless rotors, flexbeam is assumed to be a rectangular section made of laminate. Two-dimensional quasi-steady strip theory is used for aerodynamic computation. The finite element equations of motion for beams are obtained from Hamilton's principle. The p-k method is used to determine aeroelastic stability boundary. Numerical results are presented for selected bearingless rotor configurations based on the lay-up of laminae in the flexbeam and pitch links location. A systematic study is made to identify the importance of the stiffness coupling terms on aeroelastic stability for various fiber orientation and for different configuration.