A Study on the Kinematics of the Model Support System of the Dual-Machine Wind Tunnel Test

Author(s):  
Kaiming Xu ◽  
Zhu Rao ◽  
Zhonghua Liu ◽  
Hong Chen ◽  
Dapeng Gao
2019 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 02020
Author(s):  
Biagio Della Corte ◽  
André A.V. Perpignan ◽  
Martijn van Sluis ◽  
Arvind Gangoli Rao

Junction flow caused by the aerodynamic interaction between a wind-tunnel model and the support structure can largely influence the flowfield and hence the experimental results. This paper discusses a combined numerical and experimental study which was carried out to mitigate the model–support interference in a wind-tunnel test setup for the study of fuselage boundary-layer ingestion. The setup featured an axisymmetric fuselage mounted through a support beam, covered by a wing-shaped fairing. The junction flow appearing at the fuselage–fairing connection produced undesired flow distortions at the fuselage aft section, due to the formation of an horseshoe vortex structure at the fairing leading edge. Numerical and experimental analysis were performed with the aim of reducing the distortion intensity by improving the fairing design. Results show that modifying the leading-edge shape of the fairing effectively decreased the flowfield distortions. Moreover, the addition of a dummy fairing diametrically opposed to the first one was found to be beneficial due to the enhancement of the configuration symmetry.


2014 ◽  
Vol 574 ◽  
pp. 480-484
Author(s):  
Jian Zhong Chen ◽  
Pei Qing Liu

In order to study the test technique for the hinge moment of a grid fin in wind tunnel, a platform based on half model support technique was established in FL-23 and FL-31 wind tunnel in China Aerodynamics Research & Development Center (CARDC). The platform developed a wind tunnel test balance, rudder control system and the aerodynamics measurement system. This test technique was important to optimize aerodynamic configurations of a grid fin, design or evaluate the capability of the rudder control system. Nomenclature


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Castillo Zuñiga ◽  
Alain Giacobini Souza ◽  
Roberto G. da Silva ◽  
Luiz Carlos Sandoval Góes

Author(s):  
Bruno Ricardo Massucatto Padilha ◽  
Guilherme Barufaldi ◽  
ROBERTO GIL ANNES DA SILVA

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
Ivransa Zuhdi Pane

Data post-processing plays important roles in a wind tunnel test, especially in supporting the validation of the test results and further data analysis related to the design activities of the test objects. One effective solution to carry out the data post-processing in an automated productive manner, and thus eliminate the cumbersome conventional manual way, is building a software which is able to execute calculations and have abilities in presenting and analyzing the data in accordance with the post-processing requirement. Through several prototype development cycles, this work attempts to engineer and realize such software to enhance the overall wind tunnel test activities. Index Terms—software engineering, wind tunnel test, data post-processing, prototype, pseudocode


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3315
Author(s):  
Fabio Rizzo

Experimental wind tunnel test results are affected by acquisition times because extreme pressure peak statistics depend on the length of acquisition records. This is also true for dynamic tests on aeroelastic models where the structural response of the scale model is affected by aerodynamic damping and by random vortex shedding. This paper investigates the acquisition time dependence of linear transformation through singular value decomposition (SVD) and its correlation with floor accelerometric signals acquired during wind tunnel aeroelastic testing of a scale model high-rise building. Particular attention was given to the variability of eigenvectors, singular values and the correlation coefficient for two wind angles and thirteen different wind velocities. The cumulative distribution function of empirical magnitudes was fitted with numerical cumulative density function (CDF). Kolmogorov–Smirnov test results are also discussed.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document