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航空宇航工程

基于Open VSP非定常/准定常涡格法的螺旋桨快速气动评估

  • 杜一鸣 , 1 ,
  • 刘泽皓 1 ,
  • 李志浩 1 ,
  • 吴江 2
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  • 1. 沈阳航空航天大学 航空宇航学院,沈阳 110136
  • 2. 辽宁通用航空研究院 设计部,沈阳 110136

杜一鸣(1990—),男,辽宁沈阳人,副教授,博士,主要研究方向为气动/多学科仿真计算及优化设计,E-mail:

收稿日期: 2025-03-27

  修回日期: 2025-06-12

  录用日期: 2025-06-16

  网络出版日期: 2025-12-25

基金资助

国家自然科学基金(12202284)

沈阳航空航天大学引进人才科研启动基金(22YB11)

Propeller rapid aerodynamic evaluation based on openVSP unsteady/quasi-steady vortex lattice method

  • Yiming DU , 1 ,
  • Zehao LIU 1 ,
  • Zhihao LI 1 ,
  • Jiang WU 2
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  • 1. College of Aerospace Engineering,Shenyang Aerospace University,Shenyang 110136,China
  • 2. Design Department,Liaoning General Aviation Academy,Shenyang 110136,China

Received date: 2025-03-27

  Revised date: 2025-06-12

  Accepted date: 2025-06-16

  Online published: 2025-12-25

摘要

针对螺旋桨飞行器概念设计阶段的快速迭代需求,涡格法等低可信度气动评估方法是较为合适的选择。为获得合适的计算参数及定量误差,基于螺旋桨标模研究了NASA开源飞行器设计工具(Open vehicle sketch pad,OpenVSP)非定常涡格法(unsteady vortex lattice method,UVLM),并首次给出了多重参考系准定常涡格法(multiple reference frame quasi-steady vortex lattice method,MRF-VLM)的计算特性。采用 APC电动螺旋桨标模分析了计算收敛性和误差特性,获得了兼顾计算稳定性和效率的网格/迭代参数设置。与试验数据对比表明,在合适的网格和迭代参数下,上述两种方法在低桨距角和中等前进比工况下推进效率计算误差分别在6.1%和3.6%以内,精度满足概念设计阶段要求,且4线程并行的MRF-VLM计算仅需4 min,效率更高。NACA 5868-9螺旋桨标模算例进一步验证了MRF-VLM方法的计算可信度。以上研究结果能够为OpenVSP涡格法可靠工程应用提供参考。但由于涡格法的线化势流理论局限性,上述两种方法在高桨距角和高低前进比下无法准确模拟较强的流动非线性,计算精度有待改善。

本文引用格式

杜一鸣 , 刘泽皓 , 李志浩 , 吴江 . 基于Open VSP非定常/准定常涡格法的螺旋桨快速气动评估[J]. 沈阳航空航天大学学报, 2025 , 42(6) : 28 -37 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1248.2025.06.004

Abstract

In response to the need for rapid iteration in the conceptual design stage of propeller aircraft, low-fidelity aerodynamic evaluation methods, such as the vortex lattice method was a more suitable choice. In order to obtain suitable computation parameters and quantitative errors, the NASA OpenVSP unsteady vortex lattice method (UVLM) was studied using the propeller standard model, and the computation characteristics of the multiple reference frame quasi-steady vortex lattice method (MRF-VLM) were presented for the first time. The computational convergence and error characteristics were analyzed using the APC electric-propeller standard model, and the grid/iterative parameter settings that take into account both computational stability and efficiency were obtained. The comparison with experimental data shows that with appropriate grid and iterative parameters, the computation errors for the propulsion efficiency of the above two methods are within 6.1% and 3.6% respectively, under conditions of low pitch angle and medium advance ratio. The accuracy meets the requirements of the conceptual design stage, and the MRF-VLM computation with 4-thread parallel processing takes only 4 minutes, which is more efficient. The case of NACA 5868-9 propeller standard model further verify the computational reliability of the MRF-VLM method. The above research results can provide a reference for the reliable engineering application of OpenVSP VLM. However, due to the limitations of the linearized potential flow theory of the VLM, the above two methods can not accurately simulate the strong flow nonlinearity under high pitch angle and high/low advance ratio, and the computation accuracy needs to be improved.

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