Detail publikace

High-fidelity static aeroelastic simulations of the common research model

NAVRÁTIL, J.

Anglický název

High-fidelity static aeroelastic simulations of the common research model

Typ

článek ve sborníku ve WoS nebo Scopus

Jazyk

en

Originální abstrakt

Current aircraft design leads to increased flexibility of the airframe as a result of modern materials application or aerodynamically efficient slender wings. The airframe flexibility influences the aerodynamic performance and it might significantly impact the aeroelastic effects, which can be more easily excited by rigid body motions than in case of stiffer structures. The potential aeroelastic phenomena can occur in large range of speeds involving transonic regime, where the non-linear flow effects significantly influence the flutter speed. Common aeroelastic analysis tools are mostly based on the linear theories for aerodynamic predictions, thus they fail to predict mentioned non-linear effect. This paper presents the first step in the design of high-fidelity aeroelastic simulation tool. Currently, it allows to perform static aeroelastic simulations by coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics solver with Matlab based Finite Element solver. The structural solver is a linear elasticity solver which is able to solve either models consisting of beam elements or arbitrary models using stiffness and mass matrices exported from Nastran solver. The aeroelastic interface is based on the Radial Basic Functions. The test case studied in this work is a static aeroelastic simulation of the Common Research Model in the transonic conditions. The structural models tested are a wing-box finite element model and a beam stick model which is statically equivalent to the wing-box model. The comparison of results using respective structural models shows good agreement in aerodynamic properties of the model wing at static equilibrium state.

Anglický abstrakt

Current aircraft design leads to increased flexibility of the airframe as a result of modern materials application or aerodynamically efficient slender wings. The airframe flexibility influences the aerodynamic performance and it might significantly impact the aeroelastic effects, which can be more easily excited by rigid body motions than in case of stiffer structures. The potential aeroelastic phenomena can occur in large range of speeds involving transonic regime, where the non-linear flow effects significantly influence the flutter speed. Common aeroelastic analysis tools are mostly based on the linear theories for aerodynamic predictions, thus they fail to predict mentioned non-linear effect. This paper presents the first step in the design of high-fidelity aeroelastic simulation tool. Currently, it allows to perform static aeroelastic simulations by coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics solver with Matlab based Finite Element solver. The structural solver is a linear elasticity solver which is able to solve either models consisting of beam elements or arbitrary models using stiffness and mass matrices exported from Nastran solver. The aeroelastic interface is based on the Radial Basic Functions. The test case studied in this work is a static aeroelastic simulation of the Common Research Model in the transonic conditions. The structural models tested are a wing-box finite element model and a beam stick model which is statically equivalent to the wing-box model. The comparison of results using respective structural models shows good agreement in aerodynamic properties of the model wing at static equilibrium state.

Klíčová slova anglicky

Aeroelasticity, Airframes, Computation theory, Computational fluid dynamics, Transonic aerodynamics

Vydáno

14.03.2020

Nakladatel

Springer

ISBN

978-3-030-36514-1

ISSN

1613-7736

Kniha

Flexible Engineering Toward Green Aircraft

Ročník

92

Číslo edice

92

Strany od–do

49–70

Počet stran

22

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT164285,
  author="Jan {Navrátil},
  title="High-fidelity static aeroelastic simulations of the common research model",
  booktitle="Flexible Engineering Toward Green Aircraft",
  year="2020",
  volume="92",
  month="March",
  pages="49--70",
  publisher="Springer",
  isbn="978-3-030-36514-1",
  issn="1613-7736"
}