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Title: | Active flow control systems architectures for civil transport aircraft |
Authors: | Jabbal, M Liddle, SC Crowther, WJ |
Keywords: | Synthetic-jet actuator;Vortex generators;Boundary-layer;Simulation framework;Gas-turbine;Design;Optimization |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Citation: | Journal of Aircraft 47(6): 1966 - 1981, Nov 2010 |
Abstract: | This paper considers the effect of choice of actuator technology and associated power systems architecture on the mass cost and power consumption of implementing active flow control systems on civil transport aircraft. The research method is based on the use of a mass model that includes a mass due to systems hardware and a mass due to the system energy usage. An Airbus A320 aircraft wing is used as a case-study application. The mass model parameters are based on first-principle physical analysis of electric and pneumatic power systems combined with empirical data on system hardware from existing equipment suppliers. Flow control methods include direct fluidic, electromechanical-fluidic, and electrofluidic actuator technologies. The mass cost of electrical power distribution is shown to be considerably less than that for pneumatic systems; however, this advantage is reduced by the requirement for relatively heavy electrical power management and conversion systems. A tradeoff exists between system power efficiency and the system hardware mass required to achieve this efficiency. For short-duration operation the flow control solution is driven toward lighter but less power-efficient systems, whereas for long-duration operation there is benefit in considering heavier but more efficient systems. It is estimated that a practical electromechanical-fluidic system for flow separation control may have a mass up to 40% of the slat mass for a leading-edge application and 5% of flap mass for a trailing-edge application. |
Description: | Copyright @ 2010 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
URI: | http://www1.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=406&gTable=jaPaper&gid=52842 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6419 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.C000237 |
ISSN: | 0021-8669 |
Appears in Collections: | Publications Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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