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Research on flow control over sharp-edged wings with aerodynamics at high angles, separated flow control findings, and experimental tools used. Results, facilities, models, and conclusions highlighted.
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Flow Control over Sharp-Edged Wings José M. Rullán, Jason Gibbs, Pavlos Vlachos, Demetri Telionis Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Flow Control Team P. Vlachos J. Rullan J. Gibbs
Overview • Background • Facilities and models Experimental tools (PIV, pressure scanners, 7-hole probes) • Results: • Aerodynamics of swept wings • Flow Control at high alpha • CONTROL SEPARATED FLOW (NOT SEPARATION) • 10 4 < Re < 10 6 • Conclusions
Background • Diamond-Planform, sharp-edged wings common on today’s fighter aircraft. • Little understanding of aerodynamic effects at sweeping angles between 30° and 40° AOA.
Vorticity Rolling over Swept Leading Edges Sweep> 500 Sweep~450 Sweep~400 Sweep~400
Background (cont.) • Low-sweep wings stall like *unswept wings or *delta wings Dual vortex structures observed over a wing swept by 50 degrees at Re=2.6X104 (From Gordnier and Visbal 2005)
Yaniktepe and Rockwell • Sweep angle 38.7ºfor triangular planform • Flow appears to be dominated by delta wing vortices • Interrogation only at planes normal to flow • Low Re number~10000 • Control by small oscillations of entire wing
Facilities and models • VA Tech Stability Wind Tunnel • U∞=40-60 m/s Re≈1,200,000 • 44” span diamond-planform wing
Facilities and models • Water Tunnel with U∞=0.25 m/s Re≈30000 • CCD camera synchronized with Nd:YAG pulsing laser • Actuating at shedding frequency
Wind Tunnel Model • Model is hollow. • Leading edge slot for pulsing jet • 8” span diamond wing • Flow control supplied at inboard half of wing
Time-Resolved DPIV Sneak Preview of Our DPIV System • Data acquisition with enhanced time and space resolution ( > 1000 fps) • Image Pre-Processing and Enhancement to Increase signal quality • Velocity Evaluation Methodology with accuracy better than 0.05 pixels and space resolution in the order of 4 pixels
DPIV Digital Particle Image Velocimetry System III Conventional Stereo-DPIV system with: • 30 Hz repetition rate (< 30 Hz) 50 mJ/pulse dual-head laser • 2 1Kx1K pixel cameras Time-Resolved Digital Particle Image Velocimetry System I • An ACL 45 copper-vapor laser with 55W and 3-30KHz pulsing rate and output power from 5-10mJ/pulse • Two Phantom-IV digital cameras that deliver up to 30,000 fps with adjustable resolution while with the maximum resolution of 512x512 the sampling rate is 1000 frme/sec Time-Resolved Digital Particle Image Velocimetry System II : • A 50W 0-30kHz 2-25mJ/pulse Nd:Yag • Three IDT v. 4.0 cameras with 1280x1024 pixels resolution and 1-10kHz sampling rate kHz frame-straddling (double-pulsing) with as little as 1 msec between pulses Under Development: • Time Resolved Stereo DPIV with Dual-head laser 0-30kHz 50mJ/pulse • 2 1600x1200 time resolved cameras • …with build-in 4th generation intensifiers
Actuation • Time instants of pulsed jet (a) (b) (c)
PIV Results • Velocity vectors and vorticity contours along Plane D no control control
PIV results (cont.) • Planes 2(z/b= 0.209) and 3 (z/b= 0.334) with actuation. Plane 2 Plane 3
Results (cont.) • Plane A, control, t=0,t=T/8
Results (cont.) • Plane A, control, t=2T/8,t=3T/8
Results (cont.) • Plane A, control, t=4T/8,t=5T/8
Results (cont.) • Plane A, control, t=6T/8,t=7T/8
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=0 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=2T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=3T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=4T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=5T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=6T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 8, t=7T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 9, t=0 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 9, t=T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Plane 9, t=2T/8 No control Control
Results (cont.) • Planes B and C, control
Results (cont.) • Plane D, no control and control
Plane B Circulation variation over one cycle Plane A Plane B Plane A Plane C Plane D
Plane D Circulation Variation (cont.) • Plane C
Pressure ports location Spanwise blowing nozzles
Full flap ESM Pressure profiles @ 13 AOA for Station 3 • Half flap
Full flap ESM Pressure profiles @ 13 AOA for Station 4 • Half flap
Full flap ESM Pressure profiles @ 13 AOA for Station 5 • Half flap
Full flap ESM Pressure profiles @ 13 AOA for Station C • Half flap
Stations 5-7 Stations 8-10 Pressure distributions for α=130.
Stations 5-7 Stations 8-10 Pressure distributions for α=170.
Conclusions WITH ACTUATION: • Dual vortical patterns are activated and periodically emerge downstream • Vortical patterns are managed over the wing • Suction increases with control • Oscillating mini-flaps and pulsed jets equally effective • Flow is better organized • Steady point spanwise blowing has potential
Future Work • Study effect of sweep with new model • Explore the frequency domain • Identify local “3-D actuators” to control these 3-D flow fields • Aim at controlling forces and moments