REDUCED ORDER MODELLING OF GUST ANALYSIS USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Thormann, Reik, Bekemeyer, Philipp and Timme, Sebastian ORCID: 0000-0002-2409-1686 (2016) REDUCED ORDER MODELLING OF GUST ANALYSIS USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS. In: VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, 2016-6-5 - 2016-6-10, Crete Island, Greece.

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Abstract

The simulation of gust responses is a crucial task in the design and certification process of a new aircraft. Moreover, if high accuracy is desired, the computational cost can be overwhelming. Linear frequency-domain methods have previously shown significant reduction in computational cost for motion-induced aerodynamics as well as for gust excitations. Time-domain signals are reconstructed by a superposition of responses at several discrete frequencies. Rather than using the frequency-domain method directly, a reduced order model is constructed projecting the time-depending linearised Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations on a basis obtained by proper orthogonal decomposition. The resulting small-sized ordinary differential equations for the modal coefficients are integrated in time. Results are presented for a two-dimensional NACA 0012 aerofoil covering sub- and transonic conditions including a case with shock-induced separation. Responses due to 1-cos as well as to sharp-edged gusts are compared between the reduced order model and its non-linear full order counterpart showing time histories of the lift coefficient and worst case surface pressure coefficients.

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Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2016 13:59
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:36
DOI:	10.7712/100016.2343.5441
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001485