Active-Control System for Breakup of Airplane Trailing Vortices
Active-Control System for Breakup of Airplane Trailing Vortices
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打破飞机尾涡的主动控制系统
DOI:
10.2514/2.1244
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发表时间:
2001
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
P. Spalart
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作者:
J. Crouch;G. Miller;P. Spalart
Wing control surfaces are used to trigger the breakup of trailing vortices behind aircraft in a flaps-down configuration. In the near field of the aircraft there are multiple pairs of vortices, which admit new instability mechanisms that do not exist on a single pair of vortices. A periodic motion of the control surfaces is used to introduce a unique form of perturbation that is amplified in the multiple vortex-pair system but conserves total circulation, lift, and rolling moment. Growth of the perturbations leads to the periodic pinching of the starboard and port vortices into a series of vortex rings. The concept is demonstrated using numerical simulations and towing-tank experiments. Results show that the system breaks up the trailing vortices more rapidly than a comparable excitation of the Crow instability on a single pair of vortices. The overall effectiveness of the system depends on the airplane configuration, namely, details of the flap system and the horizontal tail