Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility
In this paper, a novel small-scale gust generator research facility was designed and examined for generating Sears-type gusts. The design scheme, integration with the wind tunnel, experiment and validation of its capability are presented in detail. To help design the gust generator and validate the...
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| description | In this paper, a novel small-scale gust generator research facility was designed and examined for generating Sears-type gusts. The design scheme, integration with the wind tunnel, experiment and validation of its capability are presented in detail. To help design the gust generator and validate the experimental results of the flow field characteristics generated by the developed gust generator, two numerical simulation methods, the field velocity method (FVM) and oscillating vane method (OVM), were utilized to detect the impacts of the geometrical parameters of the oscillating vanes and the downstream test model. The filtered experimental measurement results agree well with the numerical data, validating the capability of the developed gust generator to produce sinusoidal gusts. However, it should be noted that necessary measures are needed to prevent mechanical noise from interfering with the gusty flow field, which will be a focus of future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1769a26578447b9bb3333e6a46c28132024-01-26T14:14:19ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102024-01-011119510.3390/aerospace11010095Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research FacilityZhenlong Wu0Tianyu Zhang1Yuan Gao2Huijun Tan3College of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaCollege of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaCollege of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaCollege of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaIn this paper, a novel small-scale gust generator research facility was designed and examined for generating Sears-type gusts. The design scheme, integration with the wind tunnel, experiment and validation of its capability are presented in detail. To help design the gust generator and validate the experimental results of the flow field characteristics generated by the developed gust generator, two numerical simulation methods, the field velocity method (FVM) and oscillating vane method (OVM), were utilized to detect the impacts of the geometrical parameters of the oscillating vanes and the downstream test model. The filtered experimental measurement results agree well with the numerical data, validating the capability of the developed gust generator to produce sinusoidal gusts. However, it should be noted that necessary measures are needed to prevent mechanical noise from interfering with the gusty flow field, which will be a focus of future research.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/1/95gust generatorfield velocity methodoscillating vaneSears gust |
| spellingShingle | Zhenlong Wu Tianyu Zhang Yuan Gao Huijun Tan Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility Aerospace gust generator field velocity method oscillating vane Sears gust |
| title | Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility |
| title_full | Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility |
| title_fullStr | Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility |
| title_short | Development of a Novel Small-Scale Gust Generator Research Facility |
| title_sort | development of a novel small scale gust generator research facility |
| topic | gust generator field velocity method oscillating vane Sears gust |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/1/95 |
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