查看更多>>摘要:Inspired by flight biology,morphing flight technology has great potential to improve the adaptability and maneuverability of aircraft.This paper is devoted to the flight control problem of morphing aircraft,and aimed at safe and fuel-saving flight through morphing actively.Specifically,the longitudinal dynamics of a morphing aircraft with telescopic wings is modelled as a strict-feedback nonlinear system.Through fitting the expression of aerodynamic parameters by the mor-phing ratio,the model uncertainties induced by morphing errors are embedded in the dynamics.To meet the safety and fuel-saving requirements,an Adaptive Coordinated Tracking Control Scheme(ACTCS)is then proposed,which consists of a morphing control module and a tracking control module.For the morphing control module,an on-line morphing decision model is given in an optimization process with respect to the morphing ratio,and a second-order tracking filter is introduced to smooth the decision output and ensure the physical realizability.For the tracking control module,the novel adaptive controllers for the velocity and altitude subsystems are proposed based on the dynamic surface control method,in which adaptive mechanisms are designed to com-pensate for the model uncertainties.Finally,the proposed ACTCS is simulated in nine different cases of the test flight mission,to verify its effectiveness,robustness and fuel-saving effect.
查看更多>>摘要:Geometric error,mainly due to imperfect geometry and dimensions of machine compo-nents,is one of the major error sources of machine tools.Considering that geometric error has sig-nificant effects on the machining quality of manufactured parts,it has been a popular topic for academic and industrial research for many years.A great deal of research work has been carried out since the 1970 s for solving the problem and improving the machining accuracy.Researchers have studied how to measure,detect,model,identify,reduce,and compensate the geometric errors.This paper presents a thorough review of the latest research activities and gives an overview of the state of the art in understanding changes in machine tool performance due to geometric errors.Recent advances in measuring the geometrical errors of machine tools are summarized,and differ-ent kinds of error identification methods of translational axes and rotation axes are illustrated respectively.Besides,volumetric geometric error modeling,tracing,and compensation techniques for five-axis machine tools are emphatically introduced.Finally,research challenges in order to improve the volumetric accuracy of machine tools are also highlighted.
查看更多>>摘要:The metal cutting process is accompanied by complex stress field,strain field,tempera-ture field.The comprehensive effects of process parameters on chip morphology,cutting force,tool wear and residual stress are complex and inter-connected.Finite element method(FEM)is consid-ered as an effective method to predict process variables and reveal microscopic physical phenomena in the cutting process.Therefore,the finite element(FE)simulation is used to research the conven-tional and micro scale cutting process,and the differences in the establishment of process variable FE simulation models are distinguished,thereby improving the accuracy of FE simulation.The reli-ability and effectiveness of FE simulation model largely depend on the accuracy of the simulation method,constitutive model,friction model,damage model in describing mesh element,the dynamic mechanical behavior of materials,the tool-chip-workpiece contact process and the chip formation mechanism.In this paper,the FE models of conventional and micro process variables are compre-hensively and up-to-date reviewed for different materials and machining methods.The purpose is to establish a FE model that is more in line with the real cutting conditions,and to provide the pos-sibility for optimizing the cutting process variables.The development direction of FE simulation of metal cutting process is discussed,which provides guidance for future cutting process modeling.
查看更多>>摘要:Liquid film cooling as an advanced cooling technology is widely used in space vehicles.Stable operation of liquid film along the rocket combustion inner wall is crucial for thermal protec-tion of rocket engines.The stability of liquid film is mainly determined by the characteristics of interfacial wave,which is rarely investigated right now.How to improve the stability of thin film has become a hot spot.In view of this,an advanced model based on the conventional Volume of Fluid(VOF)model is adopted to investigate the characteristics of interfacial wave in gas-liquid flow by using OpenFOAM,and the mechanism of formation and development of wave is revealed intuitively through numerical study.The effects from gas velocity,surface tension and dynamic vis-cosity of liquid(three factors)on the wave are studied respectively.It can be found that the gas velocity is critical to the formation and development of wave,and four modes of droplets genera-tion are illustrated in this paper.Besides,a gas vortex near the gas-liquid interface can induce for-mation of wave easily,so changing the gas vortex state can regulate formation and development of wave.What's more,the change rules of three factors influencing on the interfacial wave are obtained,and the surface tension has a negative effect on the formation and development of wave only when the surface tension coefficient is above the critical value,whereas the dynamic viscosity has a positive effect in this process.Lastly,the maximum height and maximum slope angle of wave will level off as the gas velocity increases.Meanwhile,the maximum slope angle of wave is usually no more than 38°,no matter what happens to the three factors.
查看更多>>摘要:Shock wave focusing is an effective way to create a hot spot or a high-pressure and high-temperature region at a certain place,showing its unique usage in detonation initiation,which is beneficial for the development of detonation-based engines.The flame propagation behavior after the autoignition induced by shock wave focusing is crucial to the formation and self-sustaining of the detonation wave.In this study,wedge reflectors with two different angles(60° and 90°)and a planar reflector are employed,and the Mach number of incident shock waves ranging from 2.0 to 2.8 is utilized to trigger different flame propagation modes.Dynamic pressure transducers and the high-speed schlieren imaging system are both employed to investigate the shock-shock collision and ignition procedure.The results reveal a total of four flame propagation modes:deflagration,DDT(Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition),unsteady detonation,and direct detonation.The detonation wave formed in the DDT and unsteady detonation mode is only approximately 75%-85%of the Chapman-Jouguet(C-J)speed;meanwhile,the directly induced detonation wave speed is close to the C-J speed.Transverse waves,which are strong evidence for the existence of det-onation waves,are discovered in experiments.The usage of wedge reflectors significantly reduces the initial pressure difference ratio needed for direct detonation ignition.We also provide a practical method for differentiating between detonation and deflagration modes,which involves contrasting the speed of the reflected shock wave with the speed of the theoretically nonreactive reflected shock wave.These findings should serve as a reference for the detonation initiation technique in advanced detonation propulsion engines.
查看更多>>摘要:Insects usually fly by passively rotating wings,which has been applied to the design of flapping-wing Micro-Air Vehicles(MAVs)to reduce mechanical complexity.In this paper,a robotic passive rotating-wing model is designed to investigate wing kinematics and lift generation,which are measured by a high-speed camera and a force transducer,respectively.In addition,flow fields are measured using the Particle Image Velocimetry(PIV).Experimental results demonstrate that passive rotating motion has a coordinative relationship with actively stroking motion.As the stroke amplitude or frequency increases,the rotating amplitude is enlarged.To characterize the active stroking motion,a driving Reynolds number Redriving is defined,which varies from 68 to 366 in this study.Moving the gravity center of the wing towards trailing edge induces the increase of additional torque M,which decreases the wing rotating amplitude and promotes the advance of wing rotation.We find that the timing of wing rotation is gradually delayed and the mean lift coefficient CL mono-tonously decreases as Redriying increases.By increasing the additional torque M,CL is slightly improved and approaches to the lift coefficient of a real fruit fly at driving Re approximately equal to 230.The instantaneous lifts combined with the vortical structures further demonstrate that the lift generation associated with wing rotation is mainly attributed to the growth of the Leading-Edge Vortex(LEV)and the passive wake capture mechanism.Passive wake capture is influenced by LEV,reversal stroke motion and wing additional torque together,which can only maintain the lift at a high level for a considerable period.The high-lift generation mechanisms of flapping and passive rotating flight could shed light on the simplified design of MAVs and the improvement of their aerodynamic performance.
查看更多>>摘要:The research purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of the baffle plate on the airflow in the rear cavity of the centrifugal impeller and optimize the performance of the secondary air system's air bleed section.In this paper,a comprehensive experimental study was carried out on the flow characteristics in the impeller rear cavity with baffle plate.The windage torque,flow struc-ture and pressure drop between inlet and outlet were measured respectively.The experiment was carried out with the condition that the range of rotational Reynolds number was from 8.33 × 105 to 22.2 × 105 and the range of mass flow rate coefficient was from 0.92 × 104 to 2.92 × 104.The results show that the static cavity and the narrow stator-rotor cavity formed by the baffle plate effectively suppress the overall swirl coefficient in the cavity.Thus,the static pres-sure and total pressure drop in the rotor-stator cavity were reduced.The influence of the baffle plate on the windage torque of the rotary disk is related to the turbulence parameters.Under large tur-bulence parameters,the windage torque would be reduced with baffle plate,while under small tur-bulence parameters,the baffle plate would increase with baffle plate.In general,the baffle plate can improve the flow capacity and optimize the bleed air performance with proper structure and oper-ation conditions.
查看更多>>摘要:Thermally-induced flow instabilities are a critical issue in multi-channel regenerative cooling systems.In particular,the interactions between Density-Wave Oscillations(DWO)and Flow Maldistribution(FMD)can result in complex and disastrous instability phenomena.This study investigates the instability behaviors of hydrocarbon fluid in a four-channel system with a constant heat flux ratio using both frequency-and time-domain methods.As the heat flux increases,the in-tube flow sequentially destabilizes in each channel and converges to new equilibrium states,leading to the emergence of FMD phenomena.This also causes the system eigenvalue to change repeatedly from negative to positive rather than increasing monotonically.Additionally,the system eigenvalues are between those of the two most unstable channels,indicating that the stability behav-ior of the entire system is dictated by the most unstable channel.After FMD occurs,flow oscilla-tions are activated in channels with weak stability,and the in-tube flow is observed to evolve into various flow patterns,including stable flow,self-sustained oscillation,oscillation divergence,quasi-periodic oscillation,and oscillation excursion.The novel instability mode of oscillation excursion involves a spontaneous transition of operating states.It oscillates from an equilibrium state and then stabilizes at a new operational state after oscillation-induced redistribution.However,the new-found stable state may also be only temporary,with the in-tube flow regressing to the initial state,resulting in quasi-periodic oscillation.
查看更多>>摘要:Swept blades are widely utilized in transonic compressors/fans and provide high load,high through-flow,high efficiency,and adequate stall margin.However,there is limited quantitative research on the mechanism of the effect of swept blades on the flow field,resulting in a lack of direct quantitative guidance for the design and analysis of swept blades in fans/compressors.To better understand this mechanism,this study employs a reduced-dimensional force equilibrium method to analyze more than 1500 swept cascades data.Results verify that circumferential fluctuation terms are responsible for inducing radial migration in the inlet airflow field of the swept blade,resulting in variations in the incidence angle and consequently leading to changes in the characteristics of the swept blade.Thus,a combination of simple functions and machine learning is utilized to model the circumferential fluctuation terms and quantify the sweep mechanism.The prediction accuracy of the model is high,with coefficient of determination greater than 0.95 on the test set.When the model is applied in a meridional flow analysis program,the calculation accuracy of the program for the incidence angle is improved by 0.4° and 0.6° at the design and off-design conditions respec-tively,compensating for the program's original deficiencies.Meanwhile,the model can also provide quantitative guidance for the design of swept blades,thereby reducing the number of design itera-tions and improving design efficiency.
查看更多>>摘要:Dry friction damping structures are widely-used in aero-engines to mitigate vibration.The nonlinear nature of friction and the two-dimensional in-plane motion on the contact interface bring challenges to accurately and efficiently predict the forced response of frictionally damped structures.The state-of-the-art Multi-Harmonic Balance Method(MHBM)on quasi-3D contact model in engineering cannot precisely capture the kinematics on the friction interface although the efficiency is high.The full-3D contact model can describe the constitutive relationship of the interface in a more accurate manner;however,the efficiency and convergence are not guaranteed for large-scale models.In this paper,a semi-analytical MHBM on full-3D contact model is pro-posed.The original Trajectory Tracking Method(TTM)for evaluating the contact force is refor-mulated to make the calculation more concise and the derivation of the Analytical Jacobian Matrix(AJM)feasible.Based on the chain rule of derivation,the AJM which is the core to upgrade the performance is deduced.Through a shrouded blade finite element model,the accuracy and effi-ciency of the proposed method are compared with both the MHBM on full-3D contact model with numerical Jacobian matrix and the MHBM on quasi-3D contact model with AJM.The results show that the AJM improves significantly the efficiency of the MHBM on full-3D contact model.The time cost of the proposed method is in the same order of magnitude as that of the MHBM on quasi-3D contact model.We also confirm that the full-3D contact model is necessary for the dynamic analyses of shrouded blades.If one uses the quasi-3D model,the estimation relative error of damping can even reach 31.8%in some cases.In addition,the AJM also brings benefits for sta-bility analysis.It is highly recommended that engineers use the MHBM on full-3D contact model for the dynamic analysis and design of shrouded blades.