Methodology for a Numerical Analysis of the Aerodynamic Performance of a Centrifugal Fan Trough Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Author(s):  
Darwin Maestre ◽  
Ramiro Gustavo Ramirez Camacho ◽  
Waldir de Oliveira ◽  
Tania Marie Arispe Angulo
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent S. Paul

The successful integration of aviation capabilities aboard ships is a complex endeavor that must balance ship design with the flight envelope of the helicopter. This can be particularly important when considering air wakes and other flow around the superstructure as it impacts the flight deck. This flow can generate unsteady structures that may interfere with safe helicopter operations. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is commonly used to characterize the flow field and assess potential impacts to the flight envelope, which can be used to help define an operating envelope for helicopter operations.


2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bassam Abu-Hijleh ◽  
Jiyuan Tu ◽  
Aleksander Subic ◽  
Huafeng Li ◽  
Katherine Ilie

The performance of a Rotor-Casing Assembly is influenced more by the internal air leakages than by any other thermo-fluid aspect of its behaviour. The pressure difference driving the air along a leakage path varies periodically and does so in a manner that may not be the same for every leakage path. So the distribution of leakage through the various leakage paths within the machine is important for the improvement of its performance. The total volume of air leakage and the distribution of the leakage among the different paths depend on the rotor-rotor and rotor-casing clearances as well as the geometry of the rotors’ lobes. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis was carried out using the FLUENT. Geometry definition, mesh generation, boundary and flow conditions, and solver parameters have all been investigated as the part of the numerical analysis. This analysis was conducted for static rotors at different positions. The results indicate that the size of the clearances as well as the geometry of the rotors’ lobes can have a significant effect on the total volume of the air leakage as well as the distribution of the leakage among the three main leakage paths. The results can be used to ascertain the proper levels of clearances to be used and the best rotor lobes geometry to be used for the practical reduction of air leakage.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.13) ◽  
pp. 202-204
Author(s):  
Mahadhir A Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Yazdi Harmin ◽  
Mohd Fuad Koslan ◽  
Mohd Rashdan Saad ◽  
Mohd Faisal Abdul Hamid

This paper presents the investigation of aerodynamic performance of inboard Store-X and Store-Y configurations on the X-plane aircraft model through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The X-plane and Store-Y represent the default store and pylon integration while Store-X provides a possibility for other types of store to be integrated. These stores are loosely based upon the two most commonly used by the western and eastern blocks. The resultant lift, drag and moment forces are of interest in order to observe their impact with respect to the two different stores configurations. The finding shows that the aerodynamic impact with respect to Store-X installation on the inboard pylon station is insignificant when compared to default system, hence offers the safety of delivering the Store-X from the X-plane aircraft.


2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios N. Lygidakis ◽  
Ioannis K. Nikolos

A recently developed academic computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, named Galatea, is used for the computational study of fully turbulent flow over the NASA common research model (CRM) in a wing-body configuration with and without horizontal tail. A brief description of code's methodology is included, while attention is mainly directed toward the accurate and efficient prediction of pressure distribution on wings' surfaces as well as of computation of lift and drag forces against different angles of attack, using an h-refinement approach and a parallel agglomeration multigrid scheme. The obtained numerical results compare close with both the experimental wind tunnel data and those of reference solvers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-421
Author(s):  
Ninh Cong Toan ◽  
Ngo Van He

In marine transportation, aerodynamic performance is important for the ships, especially for the small passenger fast ships. It has affected the service speed, air resistance acting on hull, power energy as well as roll, pitch, yaw and stability of the ships. Moreover, the aerodynamic performance also directly affects the passengers, captains or employments who work on the ships. For a bad aerodynamic performance hull shape, it may make an accident in marine transportation. In this paper, the authors present a study on effect of hull shape on aerodynamic performance of a small passenger fast ship by using a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Several hull forms with different shapes are proposed and computed to show their aerodynamic performances. From the comparison between different CFD results of the ships, the effects of hull shape on aerodynamic performances of the ships  are understood.


Author(s):  
Baojie Liu ◽  
Jiaxin Liu ◽  
Xianjun Yu ◽  
Dejun Meng ◽  
Wenbin Shi

Abstract The results of previous studies have proved that manufacture variations can cause a noticeable influence on compressor aerodynamic performance. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the influence rules and mechanisms of manufacture variations on supersonic/transonic blades aerodynamic performance. The variations used in this study were measured from some newly manufactured high-pressure compressors. In the present study, several blade sections with different design Mach number conditions are selected for further statistical analysis of measured deviation data. Therefore, some systematic errors in the deviation data have been revealed. Based on these data, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method has been used to obtain the aerodynamic performances of a large number of the measured blade elements. And then, the analysis of the influence rules of manufacture variations on blade aerodynamic performance in different Mach number conditions has been carried out. The present results indicate that the effects of manufacture variations on blade aerodynamic performance in the lower Mach number (0.8) condition are much more significant comparing to that in the higher Mach number (0.9∼1.2) conditions. Based on this, influence mechanisms of manufacture variations on positive incidence range and negative incidence range have been analyzed. The differences of influence mechanisms in different Mach number conditions are the focus of research.


Author(s):  
Avinash T

Abstract: The objective of the present study is to design and analyze semi-tangential ogive bullets using simulatation software such as Computer-aided design & Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is observed that been a quite steady increase in the bullet research design in the past few decades. The nose section of ballistic bullet is the most important part of the design process. Hence design optimizations are achieved by adjusting the bullet's form to improve precision and stability by reducing its drag force. CFD is the study used to verify the findings. Since provides most accurate results. It is observed that present study optimizes the behavior of the at M= 2.5. This present work shows the flow of air around the bullet surface providing pressure & velocity contours at every segment. The Various parametric studies over bullet model are drag co-efficient, ballistic coefficient and turbulence viscosity are plotted’.


ACTA IMEKO ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Jose Eli Eduardo Gonzalez-Duran ◽  
Alejandro Estrada-Baltazar ◽  
Leonel Lira-Cortes

<p class="Abstract">The present work focuses on the numerical modeling of two combustion chambers to be used inside an isoperibolic calorimeter to measure the Superior Calorific Value (SCV) from natural gas. This work shows performance of both chambers working under isoperibolic principle, through simulations based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The aim of the work is expose the performance of chamber combustion published in the literature versus another one proposed in this work, and show how was improved the performance of the chamber which proposed in this work by changing the geometry. And it is checked by analyzing temperature of burned gases at exit of combustion chamber.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 7665-7672
Author(s):  
D. Bhatia ◽  
Y. Zhao ◽  
D. Yadav ◽  
J. Wang

This paper explores the use of sharkskin in improving the aerodynamic performance of aerofoils. A biomimetic analysis of the sharkskin denticles was conducted and the denticles were incorporated on the surface of a 2-Dimensional (2D) NACA0012 aerofoil. The aerodynamic performance including the drag reduction rate, lift enhancement rate, and Lift to Drag (L/D) enhancement rate for sharkskin denticles were calculated at different locations along the chord line of the aerofoil and at different Angles of Attack (AOAs) through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Two different denticle orientations were tested. Conditional results indicate that the denticle reduces drag by 4.3% and attains an L/D enhancement ratio of 3.6%.


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