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DEVELOPMENT OF AERODYNAMIC SHAPE OPTIMIZATION TOOLS FOR MULTIPLE-BODY AIRCRAFT GEOMETRIES OVER TRANSONIC TURBULENT FLow REGIME (천음속 난류 유동장에서의 다중체 항공기 형상의 공력 설계 도구의 개발)

  • Lee, B.J.;Lee, J.S.;Yim, J.W.;Kim, Chong-Am
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.100-110
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    • 2007
  • A new design approach for a delicate treatment of complex geometries such as a wing/body configuration is arranged using overset mesh technique under large scale computing environment for turbulent viscous flow. Various pre- and post-processing techniques which are required of overset flow analysis and sensitivity analysis codes are discussed for design optimization problems based on gradient based optimization method (GBOM). The overset flow analysis code is validated by comparing with the experimental data of a wing/body configuration (DLR-F4) from the 1st Drag Prediction Workshop (DPW-I). In order to examine the applicability of the present design tools, careful design works for the drag minimization problem of a wing/body configuration are carried out by using the developed aerodynamic shape optimization tools for the viscous flow over multiple-body aircraft geometries.

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Numerical Simulation for Transonic Wing-Body Configuration using CFD (CFD를 이용한 천음속 날개-동체 형상 해석)

  • Kim, Younghwa;Kang, Eunji;Ahn, Hyokeun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 2017
  • The flowfield around transonic wing-body configuration was simulated using in-house CFD code and compared with the experimental data to understand the influence of several features of CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) ; grid dependency, turbulence models, spatial discretization, and viscosity. The wing-body configuration consists of a simple planform RAE Wing 'A' with an RAE 101 airfoil section and an axisymmetric body. The in-house CFD code is a compressible Euler/Navier-Stokes solver based on unstructured grid. For the turbulence model, the $k-{\omega}$ model, the Spalart-Allmaras model, and the $k-{\omega}$ SST model were applied. For the spatial discretization method, the central differencing scheme with Jameson's artificial viscosity and Roe's upwind differencing scheme were applied. The results calculated were generally in good agreement with experimental data. However, it was shown that the pressure distribution and shock-wave position were slightly affected by the turbulence models and the spatial discretization methods. It was known that the turbulent viscous effect should be considered in order to predict the accurate shock wave position.

Aeroelastic Response Analysis for Wing-Body Configuration Considering Shockwave and Flow Viscous Effects (충격파 및 유동점성 효과를 고려한 항공기 날개-동체 형상에 대한 공탄성 응답)

  • Kim, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Yu-Sung;Hwang, Mi-Hyun;Kim, Su-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.10
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    • pp.984-991
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    • 2009
  • In this study, transonic aeroelastic response analyses have been conducted for the DLR-F4(wing-body) aircraft configuration considering shockwave and flow separation effects. The developed fluid-structure coupled analysis system is applied for aeroelastic computations combining computational structural dynamics(CSD), finite element method(FEM) and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in the time domain. It can give very accurate and useful engineering data on the structural dynamic design of advanced flight vehicles. For the nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics in high transonic flow region, Navier-Stokes equations using the structured grid system have been applied to wing-body configurations. In transonic flight region, the characteristics of static and dynamic aeroelastic responses have been investigated for a typical wing-body configuration model. Also, it is typically shown that the current computation approach can yield realistic and practical results for aircraft design and test engineers.

Efficient Aerodynamic Computation of a Wing Model Considering Body Effect for the Aeroelastic Application

  • Lee, Seung-Jun;Im, Dong-Kyun;Lee, In
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2009
  • The typical aeroelastic analysis for a complex configuration such as a complete aircraft was done using the aerodynamic results of the wing and the structural modes of a complete aircraft; that is, the aerodynamics of a wing of a complete aircraft is assumed to be not much influenced by the body shape. Nevertheless, the body shape can cause a distortion of aerodynamic pressure on the wing surface and it is necessary to investigate the body effect in flutter analysis. In this reseasrch, MGM inverse design method is applied to include the body effect of a wing-body model which disturbs the pressure distribution on the wing surface.

Free-wing Tilt-body Aircraft Controllerability Analysis for Change of Center of Gravity (무게중심 변화에 따른 자유날개 동체꺾임형 항공기의 조종성 해석)

  • Park, Wook-Je
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2011
  • The free-wing tilt-body aircraft is researched in the flight performance characteristics for center of gravity (CG) change. All of speed, body tilt angle and center of gravity change are simulated to determine the flight envelope by a non-linear 3-DOF mathematical model. In flight, this aircraft configuration changes by the tiltable empennage. Then, flight dynamics distinguishes from those of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft. Though flight performance and trimmability are studied by CG change, the flight model of free-wing tilt-body aircraft is to reduce the hidden risk and to achieve the successful flight test. It is analyzed the flight characteristics by CG change that distinguishes free-wing tilt-body aircraft from the conventional aircraft.

TRANSONIC AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS OF LEARJET AIRCRAFT WING MODEL (리어제트 항공기 날개의 천음속 공탄성해석)

  • Tran, T.T.;Kim, D.H.;Kim, Y.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.453-457
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    • 2011
  • In this study, transonic aeroelastic response analyses haw been conducted for the business jet aircraft configuration considering shockwave and flow separation effects. The developed fluid-structure coupled analysis system is applied for aeroelastic computations combining computational structural dynamics(CSD), finite element method(FEM) and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in the time domain. It can give very accurate and useful engineering data on the structural dynamic design of advanced flight vehicles. For the nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics in high transonic flow region, Navier-Stokes equations using the structured grid system have been applied to wing-body configurations. In transonic flight region, the characteristics of static and dynamic aeroelastic responses have been investigated for a typical wing-body configuration model. Also, it is typically shown that the current computation approach can yield realistic and practical results for aircraft design and test engineers.

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Transonic Aeroelastic Analysis of Business Jet Aircraft Wing Model (비즈니스 제트 항공기 날개의 천음속 공탄성 해석)

  • Kim, Yo-Han;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Tran, Thanh-Toan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.299-299
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    • 2011
  • In this study, transonic aeroelastic response analyses have been conducted for the business jet aircraft configuration considering shockwave and flow separation effects. The developed fluid-structure coupled analysis system is applied for aeroelastic computations combining computational structural dynamics(CSD), finite element method(FEM) and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in the time domain. It can give very accurate and useful engineering data on the structural dynamic design of advanced flight vehicles. For the nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics in high transonic flow region, Navier-Stokes equations using the structured grid system have been applied to wing-body configurations. In transonic flight region, the characteristics of static and dynamic aeroelastic responses have been investigated for a typical wing-body configuration model. Also, it is typically shown that the current computation approach can yield realistic and practical results for aircraft design and test engineers.

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Multi-Point Aerodynamic Design Optimization of DLR F-6 Wing-Body-Nacelle-Pylon Configuration

  • Saitoh, Takashi;Kim, Hyoungjin;Takenaka, Keizo;Nakahashi, Kazuhiro
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.403-413
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    • 2017
  • Dual-point aerodynamic design optimization is conducted for DLR-F6 wing-body-nacelle-pylon configuration adopting an efficient surface mesh movement method for complex junction geometries. A three-dimensional unstructured Euler solver and its discrete adjoint code are utilized for flow and sensitivity analysis, respectively. Considered design conditions are a low-lift condition and a cruise condition in a transonic regime. Design objective is to minimize drag and reduce shock strength at both flow conditions. Shape deformation is made by variation of the section shapes of inboard wing and pylon, nacelle vertical location and nacelle pitch angle. Hicks-Henne shape functions are employed for deformation of the section shapes of wing and pylon. By the design optimization, drag coefficients were remarkably reduced at both design conditions retaining specified lift coefficient and satisfying other constraints. Two-point design results show mixed features of the one-point design results at low-lift condition and cruise conditions.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A T-50 CONFIGURATION USING A PANEL CODE AND ITS VALIDATION (패널코드를 이용한 T-50 형상의 공력특성 예측 및 검증)

  • Park, S.W.;Kim, D.J.;Je, S.E.;Myong, R.S.;Cho, T.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.131-135
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    • 2006
  • The aerodynamic characteristics of a T-50 aircraft configuration are investigated by a subsonic panel method. Panel methods are best applicable to the lifting surfaces such as wings and airfoils. Source and doublets are used in the present code as a basic singularities of the panel technique. The panel method is first assessed by applying it to several benchmark problems for which other solutions and experimental data are available, such as a swept wing and wing body configuration. The prediction results are compared with experimental data and show good agreement in all cases considered. Finally, the method is applied to a T-50 aircraft configuration and excellent agreement with flight test data in lift coefficients is found.

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Grid Convergence on Surface Pressure Distribution over the RAE-A Wing-Body Configuration (RAE-A 날개-동체 형상의 압력 분포에 대한 격자 수렴성 연구)

  • Kim, Ki Ro;Park, Soo Hyung;Sa, Jeong Hwan;Cho, Kum Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.226-232
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    • 2017
  • Surface pressure distributions over the RAE-A wing-body configuration were investigated and the grid convergence along the streamwise, spanwise, and circumferential directions was numerically studied. Flow analysis in subsonic and transonic conditions was conducted using the $k-{\omega}$ Wilcox-Durbin+ turbulence model. Surface pressure distributions for subsonic flows were well matched, but those for transonic shocked flows showed a little discrepancy with the experimental data. A cubic spline extrapolation method was applied in order to investigate the grid convergence. This method presented that the grid resolution in the circumferential direction is the most important grid parameter. A refined grid system was made based on the grid convergence study and provided more accurate prediction, especially on the symmetric body surface of RAE-A configuration.