This paper starts with brief introduction to the open topic of the CFD and wing tunnel correlation study, followed by a description of the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment（CAE） –Aerodynamic Validation Model（AVM...This paper starts with brief introduction to the open topic of the CFD and wing tunnel correlation study, followed by a description of the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment（CAE） –Aerodynamic Validation Model（AVM） and its wind tunnel test in the German-Dutch Wind tunnels（DNW）. The features of the aerodynamic design, the CFD approach, the wind tunnel model fabrication and the experimental techniques are discussed along with the motivation of the CAEDNW workshop on CFD-wind tunnel correlation study. The workshop objective is focused on the interference from the aero-elastic deformation of the wind tunnel model and the model support system to the aerodynamic performance and CFD validations. The four study cases, geometry and mesh preparation of the workshop are introduced. A comprehensive summary of the CFD results from the organizer and the participants is provided. Major observations, both CFD to CFD and CFD to wind tunnel, are identified and summarized. The CFD results of the participants are in good agreement with each other, and with the wind tunnel test data when the wing deformation and a Z-sting system are included in the CFD, indicating the importance of considering such interference at high subsonic Mach number of 0.85.展开更多
文摘This paper starts with brief introduction to the open topic of the CFD and wing tunnel correlation study, followed by a description of the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment（CAE） –Aerodynamic Validation Model（AVM） and its wind tunnel test in the German-Dutch Wind tunnels（DNW）. The features of the aerodynamic design, the CFD approach, the wind tunnel model fabrication and the experimental techniques are discussed along with the motivation of the CAEDNW workshop on CFD-wind tunnel correlation study. The workshop objective is focused on the interference from the aero-elastic deformation of the wind tunnel model and the model support system to the aerodynamic performance and CFD validations. The four study cases, geometry and mesh preparation of the workshop are introduced. A comprehensive summary of the CFD results from the organizer and the participants is provided. Major observations, both CFD to CFD and CFD to wind tunnel, are identified and summarized. The CFD results of the participants are in good agreement with each other, and with the wind tunnel test data when the wing deformation and a Z-sting system are included in the CFD, indicating the importance of considering such interference at high subsonic Mach number of 0.85.
文摘水平轴风力机尾流可显著影响风场下游风力机组气动特性,但传统基于数学或致动模型的尾流分析方法难以获得风力机尾流精细涡结构特征,且忽略了真实湍流环境的影响。该文通过计算流体力学方法开展全尺寸美国可再生能源实验室(national renewable energy laboratory,NREL)5 MW风力机在湍流风场下尾流气动特性研究规律,同时考虑风力机在湍流风下的变转速控制。结果表明,风力机输出功率随湍流风的波动而变化,而适当的转速控制可更好地提取风能;湍流风有助于加速尾流速度亏损的恢复;尾流横、纵向蜿蜒与湍流风流向及垂向的波动正相关;叶尖涡的破裂可加速尾流区速度的恢复。
