Optimization of flapping motion of airfoils in biplane configuration for maximum thrust and/or efficiency


Kaya M., TUNCER İ. H., Jones K. D., Platzer M. F.

45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2007, Reno, NV, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 8 - 11 Ocak 2007, cilt.9, ss.5812-5822 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 9
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2514/6.2007-484
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Reno, NV
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.5812-5822
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Flapping motion of airfoils in a biplane configuration are optimized for maximizing the thrust and propulsive efficiency. Unsteady flowfields over airfoils flapping in a combined plunge and pitch are computed with a parallel viscous flow solver on moving and deforming overset grids. The amplitudes of the sinusoidal pitch and plunge motions and the phase shift between them are optimized at a fixed flapping frequency and average distance between two airfoils. A gradient based optimization algorithm is implemented in a parallel computing environment. The deforming overset grids remove the restrictions on the flapping motion, and improve the optimization results obtained earlier. At low flapping frequencies, an airfoil in a biplane configuration produces more thrust than a single airfoil. Yet, at high frequencies the airfoil in biplane configuration produced less thrust at a significantly lower efficiency than the single airfoil.