The aerodynamic model of propeller,wing,fuselage and vertical tail are established for the tilt quad rotor(TQR)with partial tilt-wing,and then the flight dynamic model is established.Based on the six-degree-of-freedom...The aerodynamic model of propeller,wing,fuselage and vertical tail are established for the tilt quad rotor(TQR)with partial tilt-wing,and then the flight dynamic model is established.Based on the six-degree-of-freedom equation and the small disturbance linearization assumption,the trimming and stability of the tilt quad rotor with partial tilt-wing and the tilt quad rotor without tilt-wing are analyzed.The results show that in the hovering state,due to the existence of tilt-wing,the propeller wake reduces the downwash on the wing,thereby reducing the vertical weight gain of the aircraft.It is beneficial to increase the endurance time and improve the endurance performance.The transition corridor of the TQR with tilt-wing is narrower than that of the TQR without tilt-wing,but the transition corridor of TQR with tilt-wing still has a large space for design.Furthermore,the stability analysis shows that the Dutch roll damping ratio is larger,and in other modes the aircraft has a certain stability.The manipulation response analysis shows that in the transition mode the lateral-directional coupling is strong.展开更多
In an active magnetic bearing(AMB)system,the catcher bearings(CBs)are indispensable to protect the rotor and stator in case the magnetic bearings fail or overload.A new CB structure composed of two ball bearings is in...In an active magnetic bearing(AMB)system,the catcher bearings(CBs)are indispensable to protect the rotor and stator in case the magnetic bearings fail or overload.A new CB structure composed of two ball bearings is introduced.Detailed simulation models containing contact model between rotor and inner race,double-decker catcher bearing(DDCB)model as well as single-decker catcher bearing(SDCB)model are established using multibody dynamics simulation software MSC.ADAMS.Then,using those established models,the rotor orbits and the contact forces between rotor and inner race are simulated respectively after rotor drop on DDCBs and SDCBs.The simulation result shows that the rotor vibration range using DDCBs is significantly smaller than that using SDCBs;the maximum contact forces drop about 15%—27% compared with the contact forces using SDCBs.Finally,the test bench for the rotor drop experiments is built and the rotor drop experiments for different types of CBs are carried out.Labview data acquisition system is utilized to collect the displacement of rotor and the rotating frequencies of both inner race and intermediate races after rotor drop.The experimental results are comparatively analyzed,and the conclusion that DDCB can help to reduce vibration amplitude and collision force is obtained.The studies can provide certain theoretical and experimental references for the application of DDCBs in AMB system.展开更多
A rotor dynamic model is built up for investigating the effects of tightening torque on dynamic characteristics of low pressure rotors connected by a spline coupling.The experimental rotor system is established using ...A rotor dynamic model is built up for investigating the effects of tightening torque on dynamic characteristics of low pressure rotors connected by a spline coupling.The experimental rotor system is established using a fluted disk and a speed sensor which is applied in an actual aero engine for speed measurement.Through simulating calculation and experiments,the effects of tightening torque on the dynamic characteristics of the rotor system connected by a spline coupling including critical speeds,vibration modes and unbalance responses are analyzed.The results show that when increasing the tightening torque,the first two critical speeds and the amplitudes of unbalance response gradually increase in varying degrees while the vibration modes are essentially unchanged.In addition,changing axial and circumferential positions of the mass unbalance can lead to various amplitudes of unbalance response and even the rates of change.展开更多
According to the structural characteristics of embedded fluid elastomeric damper and dynamic modeling method of bearingless rotor(BR)system,a time-domain dynamic model based on multilayer elastomeric theory and fluid ...According to the structural characteristics of embedded fluid elastomeric damper and dynamic modeling method of bearingless rotor(BR)system,a time-domain dynamic model based on multilayer elastomeric theory and fluid dynamic equations is developed.The parameters contained in the analysis model are identified by dynamic experiment data of embedded fluid elastomeric damper.The dynamic characteristics curves calculated through dynamic model are compared with those derived from experimental data.The consistent results illustrate that the model can describe the nonlinear relationship between stress and strain of embedded fluid elastomeric damper under different displacement amplitude and frequency.Due to the validity and reliability of the dynamic analysis model,it can be used in aeroelastic characteristics calculation of BR with embedded fluid elastomeric damper for helicopters.展开更多
The aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor in a forward flight are numerically calculated.A novel computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model based on Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations is presented ...The aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor in a forward flight are numerically calculated.A novel computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model based on Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations is presented to simulate the unsteady flowfield and the aerodynamic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor in the forward flight.Then the Farassat Formulation 1 Aderived from the FW-H equation is coupled into the CFD model in order to compute the aeroacoustic characteristics of the scissor tail-rotor.In addition,two different scissor tail-rotor configurations,i.e.,the L-and U-configuration,are analyzed in details and compared with a conventional one.The influence of scissor angles on the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of the scissor tail-rotor is also investigated.The simulation results demonstrate that the flowfield,aerodynamic force and aeroacoustic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor are significantly different from the conventional one,and the aerodynamic interaction decreases with the increase of scissor angle,which leads to a reduction of amplitude variation of the tail-rotor thrust in the forward flight.The scissor angle has an important effect on the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of the scissor tail-rotor.展开更多
In order to overcome the efficiency problem of the conventional gradient-based optimal design method,a highly-efficient viscous adjoint-based RANS equations method is applied to the aerodynamic optimal design of hover...In order to overcome the efficiency problem of the conventional gradient-based optimal design method,a highly-efficient viscous adjoint-based RANS equations method is applied to the aerodynamic optimal design of hovering rotor airfoil.The C-shaped body-fitted mesh is firstly automatically generated around the airfoil by solving the Poisson equations,and the Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations combined with Spalart-Allmaras(S-A)one-equation turbulence model are used as the governing equations to acquire the reliable flowfield variables.Then,according to multi-constrained characteristics of the optimization of high lift/drag ratio for hovering rotor airfoil,its corresponding adjoint equations,boundary conditions and gradient expressions are newly derived.On these bases,two representative rotor airfoils,NACA0012 airfoil and SC1095 airfoil,are selected as numerical examples to optimize their synthesized aerodynamic characteristics about lift/drag ratio in hover,and better aerodynamic performance of optimal airfoils are obtained compared with the baseline.Furthermore,the new designed rotor with the optimized rotor airfoil has better hover aerodynamic characteristics compared with the baseline rotor.In contrast to the baseline airfoils optimized by the finite difference method,it is demonstrated that the adjoint optimal algorithm itself is practical and highly-efficient for the aerodynamic optimization of hover rotor airfoil.展开更多
As one of the most important steps in the design of bearing-less rotor systems,the design of flexible beam has received much research attention.Because of the very complex working environment of helicopter,the flexibl...As one of the most important steps in the design of bearing-less rotor systems,the design of flexible beam has received much research attention.Because of the very complex working environment of helicopter,the flexible beam should satisfy both the strength and dynamic requirements.However,traditional optimization research focused only on either the strength or dynamical characteristics.To sufficiently improve the performance of the flexible beam,both aspects must be considered.This paper proposes a two-stage optimization method based on the Hamilton variational principle:Variational asymptotic beam section analysis(VABS)program and genetic algorithm(GA).Consequently,a two-part analysis model based on the Hamilton variational principle and VABS is established to calculate section characteristics and structural dynamics characteristics,respectively.Subsequently,the two parts are combined to establish a two-stage optimization process and search with GA to obtain the best dynamic characteristics combinations.Based on the primary optimization results,the section characteristics of the flexible beam are further optimized using GA.The optimization results show that the torsional stiffness decreases by 36.1%compared with the full 0°laying scheme without optimization and the dynamic requirements are achieved.The natural frequencies of flapping and torsion meet the requirements(0.5 away from the passing frequencies of the blade,0.25 away from the excitation force frequency,and the flapping and torsion frequencies keep a corresponding distance).The results indicate that the optimization method can significantly improve the performance of the flexible beam.展开更多
Two methods for vibration characteristic investigation of the counter-rotating dual-rotors in an aero-en- gine are put forward. The two methods use DAMP tool on the MSC. NASTRAN platform and develope the re- solving s...Two methods for vibration characteristic investigation of the counter-rotating dual-rotors in an aero-en- gine are put forward. The two methods use DAMP tool on the MSC. NASTRAN platform and develope the re- solving sequence. Vibration characteristics of a turbofan engine are analyzed by using the two methods. Com- pared with results calculated using transfer matrix method and test results, the two methods are valuable and have great potential in practical applications for vibration characteristic investigation of aero-engines with high thrust-weight ratio.展开更多
WT5 'BZThis paper presents an unsteady and nonlinear wake model based on th e widely used Peters He finite state dynamic wake model with improvements. The swirl component in the tip trace plane (TTP) can be pr...WT5 'BZThis paper presents an unsteady and nonlinear wake model based on th e widely used Peters He finite state dynamic wake model with improvements. The swirl component in the tip trace plane (TTP) can be predicted, nonlinear items are added into the linear theory, and the old small angle assumption use d in matrix prediction is removed. All of these enha ncements are aimed at the low speed flight phase and formulations for the induce d velocity field just in the TTP frame are derived. The corresponding FORTRAN pr ogram is tested and optimized for the real time applications on PCs.展开更多
碰摩是转子系统中的一种常见故障。针对转子早期碰摩故障特征微弱难以提取的问题,在改进传统动态时间扭曲(Dynamic Time Warping,DTW)算法的基础上,提出一种基于角度权值的动态时间扭曲(Angle Weighted Dynamic Time Warping,AWDTW)算...碰摩是转子系统中的一种常见故障。针对转子早期碰摩故障特征微弱难以提取的问题,在改进传统动态时间扭曲(Dynamic Time Warping,DTW)算法的基础上,提出一种基于角度权值的动态时间扭曲(Angle Weighted Dynamic Time Warping,AWDTW)算法。在该算法中,通过识别不同时间序列的坐标向量之间的夹角,自动计算两时间序列中对应点的距离权值,并通过增加角度权值来改善传统DTW算法的不合理扭曲对齐,以此减少时间序列匹配时“奇点”的产生,从而提高时间序列的对齐精度。通过仿真数据和转子试验台碰摩振动数据来验证所提方法的有效性,同时,与传统DTW及其改进算法相比,所提方法因综合考虑坐标因素的影响,更有利于时间序列的对齐和相似性度量,从而能更有效凸显转子早期碰摩故障特征。展开更多
基金supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
文摘The aerodynamic model of propeller,wing,fuselage and vertical tail are established for the tilt quad rotor(TQR)with partial tilt-wing,and then the flight dynamic model is established.Based on the six-degree-of-freedom equation and the small disturbance linearization assumption,the trimming and stability of the tilt quad rotor with partial tilt-wing and the tilt quad rotor without tilt-wing are analyzed.The results show that in the hovering state,due to the existence of tilt-wing,the propeller wake reduces the downwash on the wing,thereby reducing the vertical weight gain of the aircraft.It is beneficial to increase the endurance time and improve the endurance performance.The transition corridor of the TQR with tilt-wing is narrower than that of the TQR without tilt-wing,but the transition corridor of TQR with tilt-wing still has a large space for design.Furthermore,the stability analysis shows that the Dutch roll damping ratio is larger,and in other modes the aircraft has a certain stability.The manipulation response analysis shows that in the transition mode the lateral-directional coupling is strong.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51205186)the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China(2012M511264)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20123218120024)
文摘In an active magnetic bearing(AMB)system,the catcher bearings(CBs)are indispensable to protect the rotor and stator in case the magnetic bearings fail or overload.A new CB structure composed of two ball bearings is introduced.Detailed simulation models containing contact model between rotor and inner race,double-decker catcher bearing(DDCB)model as well as single-decker catcher bearing(SDCB)model are established using multibody dynamics simulation software MSC.ADAMS.Then,using those established models,the rotor orbits and the contact forces between rotor and inner race are simulated respectively after rotor drop on DDCBs and SDCBs.The simulation result shows that the rotor vibration range using DDCBs is significantly smaller than that using SDCBs;the maximum contact forces drop about 15%—27% compared with the contact forces using SDCBs.Finally,the test bench for the rotor drop experiments is built and the rotor drop experiments for different types of CBs are carried out.Labview data acquisition system is utilized to collect the displacement of rotor and the rotating frequencies of both inner race and intermediate races after rotor drop.The experimental results are comparatively analyzed,and the conclusion that DDCB can help to reduce vibration amplitude and collision force is obtained.The studies can provide certain theoretical and experimental references for the application of DDCBs in AMB system.
文摘A rotor dynamic model is built up for investigating the effects of tightening torque on dynamic characteristics of low pressure rotors connected by a spline coupling.The experimental rotor system is established using a fluted disk and a speed sensor which is applied in an actual aero engine for speed measurement.Through simulating calculation and experiments,the effects of tightening torque on the dynamic characteristics of the rotor system connected by a spline coupling including critical speeds,vibration modes and unbalance responses are analyzed.The results show that when increasing the tightening torque,the first two critical speeds and the amplitudes of unbalance response gradually increase in varying degrees while the vibration modes are essentially unchanged.In addition,changing axial and circumferential positions of the mass unbalance can lead to various amplitudes of unbalance response and even the rates of change.
文摘According to the structural characteristics of embedded fluid elastomeric damper and dynamic modeling method of bearingless rotor(BR)system,a time-domain dynamic model based on multilayer elastomeric theory and fluid dynamic equations is developed.The parameters contained in the analysis model are identified by dynamic experiment data of embedded fluid elastomeric damper.The dynamic characteristics curves calculated through dynamic model are compared with those derived from experimental data.The consistent results illustrate that the model can describe the nonlinear relationship between stress and strain of embedded fluid elastomeric damper under different displacement amplitude and frequency.Due to the validity and reliability of the dynamic analysis model,it can be used in aeroelastic characteristics calculation of BR with embedded fluid elastomeric damper for helicopters.
文摘The aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor in a forward flight are numerically calculated.A novel computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model based on Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations is presented to simulate the unsteady flowfield and the aerodynamic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor in the forward flight.Then the Farassat Formulation 1 Aderived from the FW-H equation is coupled into the CFD model in order to compute the aeroacoustic characteristics of the scissor tail-rotor.In addition,two different scissor tail-rotor configurations,i.e.,the L-and U-configuration,are analyzed in details and compared with a conventional one.The influence of scissor angles on the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of the scissor tail-rotor is also investigated.The simulation results demonstrate that the flowfield,aerodynamic force and aeroacoustic characteristics of a scissor tail-rotor are significantly different from the conventional one,and the aerodynamic interaction decreases with the increase of scissor angle,which leads to a reduction of amplitude variation of the tail-rotor thrust in the forward flight.The scissor angle has an important effect on the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of the scissor tail-rotor.
文摘In order to overcome the efficiency problem of the conventional gradient-based optimal design method,a highly-efficient viscous adjoint-based RANS equations method is applied to the aerodynamic optimal design of hovering rotor airfoil.The C-shaped body-fitted mesh is firstly automatically generated around the airfoil by solving the Poisson equations,and the Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations combined with Spalart-Allmaras(S-A)one-equation turbulence model are used as the governing equations to acquire the reliable flowfield variables.Then,according to multi-constrained characteristics of the optimization of high lift/drag ratio for hovering rotor airfoil,its corresponding adjoint equations,boundary conditions and gradient expressions are newly derived.On these bases,two representative rotor airfoils,NACA0012 airfoil and SC1095 airfoil,are selected as numerical examples to optimize their synthesized aerodynamic characteristics about lift/drag ratio in hover,and better aerodynamic performance of optimal airfoils are obtained compared with the baseline.Furthermore,the new designed rotor with the optimized rotor airfoil has better hover aerodynamic characteristics compared with the baseline rotor.In contrast to the baseline airfoils optimized by the finite difference method,it is demonstrated that the adjoint optimal algorithm itself is practical and highly-efficient for the aerodynamic optimization of hover rotor airfoil.
基金supported by the Foundation of National Key Laboratory of Rotorcraft Aeromechanics,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(No.614222004030917)。
文摘As one of the most important steps in the design of bearing-less rotor systems,the design of flexible beam has received much research attention.Because of the very complex working environment of helicopter,the flexible beam should satisfy both the strength and dynamic requirements.However,traditional optimization research focused only on either the strength or dynamical characteristics.To sufficiently improve the performance of the flexible beam,both aspects must be considered.This paper proposes a two-stage optimization method based on the Hamilton variational principle:Variational asymptotic beam section analysis(VABS)program and genetic algorithm(GA).Consequently,a two-part analysis model based on the Hamilton variational principle and VABS is established to calculate section characteristics and structural dynamics characteristics,respectively.Subsequently,the two parts are combined to establish a two-stage optimization process and search with GA to obtain the best dynamic characteristics combinations.Based on the primary optimization results,the section characteristics of the flexible beam are further optimized using GA.The optimization results show that the torsional stiffness decreases by 36.1%compared with the full 0°laying scheme without optimization and the dynamic requirements are achieved.The natural frequencies of flapping and torsion meet the requirements(0.5 away from the passing frequencies of the blade,0.25 away from the excitation force frequency,and the flapping and torsion frequencies keep a corresponding distance).The results indicate that the optimization method can significantly improve the performance of the flexible beam.
文摘Two methods for vibration characteristic investigation of the counter-rotating dual-rotors in an aero-en- gine are put forward. The two methods use DAMP tool on the MSC. NASTRAN platform and develope the re- solving sequence. Vibration characteristics of a turbofan engine are analyzed by using the two methods. Com- pared with results calculated using transfer matrix method and test results, the two methods are valuable and have great potential in practical applications for vibration characteristic investigation of aero-engines with high thrust-weight ratio.
文摘WT5 'BZThis paper presents an unsteady and nonlinear wake model based on th e widely used Peters He finite state dynamic wake model with improvements. The swirl component in the tip trace plane (TTP) can be predicted, nonlinear items are added into the linear theory, and the old small angle assumption use d in matrix prediction is removed. All of these enha ncements are aimed at the low speed flight phase and formulations for the induce d velocity field just in the TTP frame are derived. The corresponding FORTRAN pr ogram is tested and optimized for the real time applications on PCs.
文摘碰摩是转子系统中的一种常见故障。针对转子早期碰摩故障特征微弱难以提取的问题,在改进传统动态时间扭曲(Dynamic Time Warping,DTW)算法的基础上,提出一种基于角度权值的动态时间扭曲(Angle Weighted Dynamic Time Warping,AWDTW)算法。在该算法中,通过识别不同时间序列的坐标向量之间的夹角,自动计算两时间序列中对应点的距离权值,并通过增加角度权值来改善传统DTW算法的不合理扭曲对齐,以此减少时间序列匹配时“奇点”的产生,从而提高时间序列的对齐精度。通过仿真数据和转子试验台碰摩振动数据来验证所提方法的有效性,同时,与传统DTW及其改进算法相比,所提方法因综合考虑坐标因素的影响,更有利于时间序列的对齐和相似性度量,从而能更有效凸显转子早期碰摩故障特征。
