Aerodynamic Optimization Design for Large Upswept Afterbody of Transport Aircraft Based on FFD Technology

WANG Yuanyuan; ZHANG Binqian; GUO Zhaodian; DONG Qiang

doi:10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0315

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2013 , Vol. 34 >Issue 8: 1806 - 1814

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0315

Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics

Aerodynamic Optimization Design for Large Upswept Afterbody of Transport Aircraft Based on FFD Technology

WANG Yuanyuan ,
ZHANG Binqian ,
GUO Zhaodian ,
DONG Qiang

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1. National Key Laboratory of Aerodynamic Design and Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China;
2. Aviation Industry Development Research Centre of China, Beijing 100012, China;
3. The First Aircraft Institute of AVIC, Xi'an 710089, China

Received date: 2012-09-25

Revised date: 2012-12-02

Online published: 2012-12-18

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A free-form deformation parameterization (FFD) method is established based on non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) basis function. Furthermore, by coupling the transfinite interpolation (TFI) grid deformation technology and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method with improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) arithmetic,a general aerodynamic optimization design system is constructed. Then, the aerodynamic optimization design system is applied to designing a large upswept afterbody of transport aircraft C17 on the restrictions of nondecreasing maximum structure height, width and upswept angle. The optimized afterbody decreases the total drag by 2.6% and pressure drag by 19.8% respectively. A comparison analysis of the aerodynamic shape and flow pattern reveals that the key factors for the optimized afterbody to decrease the pressure drag greatly are the increased near-roundness of the afterbody cross-section and decreased near-roundness change ratio along the fuselage axis. The two factors enable the adverse pressure gradient along the circumferential direction to become smaller, which can suspend aferbody separation and weaken afterbody vortex strength. The aerodynamic optimization design system constructed in this paper has good practicability and engineering application prospect.

Key words： FFD technique; non-uniform rational B-spline; particle swarm optimization; computational fluid dynamics; large transport aircraft; upswept aferbody; aerodynamic optimization design

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WANG Yuanyuan , ZHANG Binqian , GUO Zhaodian , DONG Qiang . Aerodynamic Optimization Design for Large Upswept Afterbody of Transport Aircraft Based on FFD Technology[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2013 , 34(8) : 1806 -1814 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0315

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