This paper studied the effect of synthetic jets on active flow control around a finite-length square cylinder using the large eddy simulation method.Based on the oncoming flow velocity(U∞)and the model width d,the...This paper studied the effect of synthetic jets on active flow control around a finite-length square cylinder using the large eddy simulation method.Based on the oncoming flow velocity(U∞)and the model width d,the corresponding Reynolds number is 2.78×104.We explored the impact of the momentum coefficient(Cμ)and the dimensionless jet frequency(f*)on a finite-length square cylinder’s aerodynamic forces and flow field characteristics.The square cylinder has an aspect ratio of 5,with one end mounted on a wall and the other end free.The synthetic jet outlet is deployed at the windward leading edge of the square cylinder.It is found that synthetic jets positioned at the top can effectively suppress the cylinder’s aerodynamic forces.Both the momentum coefficient and dimensionless jet frequency influence the control effectiveness.The maximum reductions in total mean drag coefficients(Cd,mean)and fluctuating lift coefficient(Cl,rms)are 4.01%and 50.7%,respectively.With synthetic jet control,the shear flow at the free end of the square cylinder is significantly suppressed,the separation bubble on the top surface disappears,the shear layer at the free end approaches the top surface of the square cylinder,and the turbulent kinetic energy near the free end is significantly enhanced.This study may offer valuable guidance for related engineering applications.展开更多
This study investigates a high⁃loaded axial compressor in which flow instabilities in the rotor and the stator occur almost concurrently.Under these conditions,conventional stability enhancement methods prove to be in...This study investigates a high⁃loaded axial compressor in which flow instabilities in the rotor and the stator occur almost concurrently.Under these conditions,conventional stability enhancement methods prove to be ineffective.The paper proposes a combined rotor-stator flow control technique.This study reveals that the flow field deterioration stems from combined flow blockage at the rotor tip region and the near-hub region of the stator.Research on flow control methods finds that self-recirculating casing treatment can effectively improve flow capacity in the rotor tip region,but simultaneously reduce flow capacity in the near-hub zone.This makes the hub flow field more susceptible to breakdown and ultimately triggers compressor instability.Thus,the self-recirculating casing treatment fails to enhance stall margin.By contrast,hub suction significantly improves the hub-region flow field.Yet without suppressing the rotor-tip flow blockage,it achieves limited stability enhancement.The integrated solution combining self-recirculating casing treatment with hub suction simultaneously addresses flow blockage at both the rotor tip and the stator near-hub regions.This combined flow control method delivers effective stability enhancement,achieving 6.78%increase in compressor stall margin.展开更多
The multi-terminal direct current(DC)grid has extinctive superiorities over the traditional alternating current system in integrating large-scale renewable energy.Both the DC circuit breaker(DCCB)and the current flow ...The multi-terminal direct current(DC)grid has extinctive superiorities over the traditional alternating current system in integrating large-scale renewable energy.Both the DC circuit breaker(DCCB)and the current flow controller(CFC)are demanded to ensure the multiterminal DC grid to operates reliably and flexibly.However,since the CFC and the DCCB are all based on fully controlled semiconductor switches(e.g.,insulated gate bipolar transistor,integrated gate commutated thyristor,etc.),their separation configuration in the multiterminal DC grid will lead to unaffordable implementation costs and conduction power losses.To solve these problems,integrated equipment with both current flow control and fault isolation abilities is proposed,which shares the expensive and duplicated components of CFCs and DCCBs among adjacent lines.In addition,the complicated coordination control of CFCs and DCCBs can be avoided by adopting the integrated equipment in themultiterminal DC grid.In order to examine the current flow control and fault isolation abilities of the integrated equipment,the simulation model of a specific meshed four-terminal DC grid is constructed in the PSCAD/EMTDC software.Finally,the comparison between the integrated equipment and the separate solution is presented a specific result or conclusion needs to be added to the abstract.展开更多
The flow control at low Reynolds numbers is one of the most promising technologies in the field of aerodynamics,and it is also an important source of the innovation for novel aircraft.In this study,a new way of nonlin...The flow control at low Reynolds numbers is one of the most promising technologies in the field of aerodynamics,and it is also an important source of the innovation for novel aircraft.In this study,a new way of nonlinear flow control by interaction between two flexible flaps is proposed,and their flow control mechanism is studied employing the self-constructed immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann-finite element method(IB-LB-FEM).The effects of the difference in material properties and flap length between the two flexible flaps on the nonlinear flow control of the airfoil are discussed.It is suggested that the relationship between the deformation of the two flexible flaps and the evolution of the vortex under the fluid-structure interaction(FSI).It is shown that the upstream flexible flap plays a key role in the flow control of the two flexible flaps.The FSI effect of the upstream flexible flap will change the unsteady flow behind it and affect the deformation of the downstream flexible flap.Two flexible flaps with different material properties and different lengths will change their own FSI characteristics by the induced vortex,effectively suppressing the flow separation on the airfoil’s upper surface.The interaction of two flexible flaps plays an extremely important role in improving the autonomy and adjustability of flow control.The numerical results will provide a theoretical basis and technical guidance for the development and application of a new flap passive control technology.展开更多
The nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector(NDASC)ensures that solar radiation passing through the tube wall is directly absorbed by the nanofluid,reducing thermal resistance in the energy transfer process.H...The nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector(NDASC)ensures that solar radiation passing through the tube wall is directly absorbed by the nanofluid,reducing thermal resistance in the energy transfer process.However,further exploration is required to suppress the outward thermal losses from the nanofluid at high temperatures.Herein,this paper proposes a novel NDASC in which the outer surface of the collector tube is covered with functional coatings and a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model is established to study the energy flow distributions on the collector within the temperature range of 400-600 K.When the nanofluid’s absorption coefficient reaches 80 m-1,the NDASC shows the optimal thermal performance,and the NDASC with local Sn-In2O3 coating achieves a 7.8% improvement in thermal efficiency at 400 K compared to the original NDASC.Furthermore,hybrid coatings with Sn In2O3/WTi-Al2O3 are explored,and the optimal coverage angles are determined.The NDASC with such coatings shows a 10.22%-17.9% increase in thermal efficiency compared to the original NDASC and a 7.6%-19.5% increase compared to the traditional surface-type solar collectors,demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed energy flow control strategy for DASCs.展开更多
Activeow control technology is a technique that controls the internaloweld of aircraft engines or theoweld around wings by means of disturbances induced by actuators,and adjusts the aerodynamic force and attitude of t...Activeow control technology is a technique that controls the internaloweld of aircraft engines or theoweld around wings by means of disturbances induced by actuators,and adjusts the aerodynamic force and attitude of the aircraft,so as to achieve the purposes of increasing lift,reducing drag,suppressing vibration and reducing noise.Hailed as an important source of innovative development for aircraft,this technology provides a new technical approach to solve the aerodynamic problems of aircraft,signicantly improve their comprehensive performance,break throughight boundaries,and promote disruptive innovation in the next generation of aircraft.展开更多
A 1∶2.5 scale tundish model was set up in laboratory for a six-strand billet continuous casting tundish with different configurations to investigate fluid flow characteristics under different operational conditions b...A 1∶2.5 scale tundish model was set up in laboratory for a six-strand billet continuous casting tundish with different configurations to investigate fluid flow characteristics under different operational conditions by measuring residence time distribution curves.It was found that minimum residence time,maximum concentration time and average residence time of the three strands on the same side of the tundish with the former configuration under normal operation,that is,six strands were open,were small and non-uniform and the tundish had large dead volume fraction.Vortexes easily formed on the liquid surface in the pouring zone of the tundish.The fluid flow characteristics in the tundish with the optimal turbulence inhibitor and baffles were improved and became less non-uniform among the strands.Vortexes were not found on the pouring zone surface in the optimal tundish.For non-normal operation,that is,one strand was close,it was important to choose which strand to be closed for maintaining flow characteristics of the rest two strands.It was found from this investigation that fluid flow characteristics in the optimal configuration tundish with closing strand 2 were better than those with closing strand 3 on the same side.展开更多
The optimization of flow control devices in a single-slab continuous casting tundish was carried out by physical modeling, and the optimized scheme was presented. With the optimal tundish configuration, the minimum re...The optimization of flow control devices in a single-slab continuous casting tundish was carried out by physical modeling, and the optimized scheme was presented. With the optimal tundish configuration, the minimum residence time of liquid steel was increased by 1.4 times, the peak concentration time was increased by 97%, and the dead volume fraction was decreased by 72%. A mathematical model for molten steel in the tundish was established by using the fluid dynamics package Fluent. The velocity field, concentration field, and the resi-dence time distribution (RTD) curves of molten steel flow before and after optimization were obtained. Experimental results showed that the reasonable configuration with flow control devices can improve the fluid flow characteristics in the tundish. The results of industrial applica-tion show that the nonmetallic inclusion area ratio in casting slabs is decreased by 32% with the optimal tundish configuration.展开更多
A new gust load alleviation technique is presented in this paper based on active flow control. Numerical studies are conducted to investigate the beneficial effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of the quasi "Gl...A new gust load alleviation technique is presented in this paper based on active flow control. Numerical studies are conducted to investigate the beneficial effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of the quasi "Global Hawk" airfoil using arrays of jets during the gust process. Based on unsteady Navier-Stokes equations, the grid-velocity method is introduced to simulate the gust influence, and dynamic response in vertical gust flow perturbation is investigated for the airfoil as well. An unsteady surface transpiration boundary condition is enforced over a user specified portion of the airfoil’s surface to emulate the time dependent velocity boundary conditions. Firstly, after applying this method to simulate typical NACA0006 airfoil gust response to a step change in the angle of attack, it shows that the indicial responses of the airfoil make good agreement with the exact theoretical values and the calculated values in references. Furthermore, gust response characteristic for the quasi "Global Hawk" airfoil is analyzed. Five kinds of flow control techniques are introduced as steady blowing, steady suction, unsteady blowing, unsteady suction and synthetic jets. The physical analysis of the influence on the effects of gust load alleviation is proposed to provide some guidelines for practice. Numerical results have indicated that active flow control technique,as a new technology of gust load alleviation, can affect and suppress the fluid disturbances caused by gust so as to achieve the purpose of gust load alleviation.展开更多
This article is devoted to experimental study on the control of the oblique shock wave around the ramp in a low-temperature supersonic flow by means of the magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)flow control technique.The purpose of...This article is devoted to experimental study on the control of the oblique shock wave around the ramp in a low-temperature supersonic flow by means of the magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)flow control technique.The purpose of the experiments is to take advantage of MHD interaction to weaken the oblique shock wave strength by changing the boundary flow characteristics around the ramp.Plasma columns are generated by pulsed direct current(DC)discharge,the magnetic fields are generated by Nd-Fe-B rare-earth permanent magnets and the oblique shock waves in supersonic flow are generated by the ramp.The Lorentz body force effect of MHD interaction on the plasma-induced airflow velocity is verified through particle image velocimetry(PIV)measurements.The experimental results from the supersonic wind tunnel indicate that the MHD flow control can drastically change the flow characteristics of the airflow around the ramp and decrease the ratio of the Pitot pressure after shock wave to that before it by up to 19.66%,which leads to the decline in oblique shock wave strength.The oblique shock waves in front of the ramp move upstream by the action of the Lorentz body force.The discharge characteristics are analyzed and the MHD interaction time and consumed energy are determined with the help of the pulsed DC discharge images.The interaction parameter corresponding to the boundary layer velocity can reach 1.3 from the momentum conservation equation.The velocity of the plasma column in the magnetic field is much faster than that in the absence of magnetic field force.The plasma can strike the neutral gas molecules to transfer momentum and accelerate the flow around the ramp.展开更多
Metro passenger flow control problem is studied under given total inbound demand in this work,which considers passenger demand control and train capacity supply.Relevant connotations are analyzed and a mathematical mo...Metro passenger flow control problem is studied under given total inbound demand in this work,which considers passenger demand control and train capacity supply.Relevant connotations are analyzed and a mathematical model is developed.The decision variables are boarding limiting and stop-skipping strategies and the objective is the maximal passenger profit.And a passenger original station choice model based on utility theory is built to modify the inbound passenger distribution among stations.Algorithm of metro passenger flow control scheme is designed,where two key technologies of stopping-station choice and headway adjustment are given and boarding limiting and train stopping-station scheme are optimized.Finally,a real case of Beijing metro is taken for example to verify validity.The results show that in the three scenarios with different ratios of normal trains to stop-skipping trains,the total limited passenger volume is the smallest and the systematic profit is the largest in scenario 3.展开更多
The metallurgical effect of a round tundish used to cast heavy steel ingots in machine works at present was evaluated through water modeling experiments. The flow control devices of the improved oval tundish, which wa...The metallurgical effect of a round tundish used to cast heavy steel ingots in machine works at present was evaluated through water modeling experiments. The flow control devices of the improved oval tundish, which was used instead of the round tundish, had been optimized. The results show that the residence time of the round tundish is short, its inclusion removal efficiency is too low, and it has more dead zones and an unreasonable flow field. Compared with the round tundish, the improved oval tundish with the optimized weir and dam has a better effect: its minimum residence time is prolonged by 38.1 s, the average residence time is prolonged by 233.4 s, its dead volume fraction decreases from 26% to 15%, and the ratio of plug volume fraction to dead volume fraction increases from 0.54 to 1.27. The inclusion removal efficiency also increases by 17.5%.展开更多
In terms of multiple temporal and spatial scales, massive data from experiments, flow field measurements, and high-fidelity numerical simulations have greatly promoted the rapid development of fluid mechanics. Machine...In terms of multiple temporal and spatial scales, massive data from experiments, flow field measurements, and high-fidelity numerical simulations have greatly promoted the rapid development of fluid mechanics. Machine Learning(ML) provides a wealth of analysis methods to extract potential information from a large amount of data for in-depth understanding of the underlying flow mechanism or for further applications. Furthermore, machine learning algorithms can enhance flow information and automatically perform tasks that involve active flow control and optimization. This article provides an overview of the past history, current development, and promising prospects of machine learning in the field of fluid mechanics. In addition, to facilitate understanding, this article outlines the basic principles of machine learning methods and their applications in engineering practice, turbulence models, flow field representation problems, and active flow control. In short, machine learning provides a powerful and more intelligent data processing architecture, and may greatly enrich the existing research methods and industrial applications of fluid mechanics.展开更多
The effect of magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)plasma actuators on the control of hypersonic shock waveurbulent boundary layer interactions is investigated here using Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes calculations with low magne...The effect of magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)plasma actuators on the control of hypersonic shock waveurbulent boundary layer interactions is investigated here using Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes calculations with low magnetic Reynolds number approximation.A Mach 5 oblique shockurbulent boundary layer interaction was adopted as the basic configuration in this numerical study in order to assess the effects of flow control using different combinations of magnetic field and plasma.Results show that just the thermal effect of plasma under experimental actuator parameters has no significant impact on the flow field and can therefore be neglected.On the basis of the relative position of control area and separation point,MHD control can be divided into four types and so effects and mechanisms might be different.Amongst these,D-type control leads to the largest reduction in separation length using magnetically-accelerated plasma inside an isobaric dead-air region.A novel parameter for predicting the shock waveurbulent boundary layer interaction control based on Lorentz force acceleration is then proposed and the controllability of MHD plasma actuators under different MHD interaction parameters is studied.The results of this study will be insightful for the further design of MHD control in hypersonic vehicle inlets.展开更多
A new skill of modulating driving signals of a synthetic jet with low frequency is introduced to enhance the control authority.Based on dynamic mesh technique,the effect of flow control over a NACA0015 airfoil with a ...A new skill of modulating driving signals of a synthetic jet with low frequency is introduced to enhance the control authority.Based on dynamic mesh technique,the effect of flow control over a NACA0015 airfoil with a Synthetic Jet Actuator(SJA)has been investigated.The SJA is located at x/c=10%,and two jet injection angles of 90°and 30°have been considered.Flow structures indicate that modulation with low frequency can reduce the dissipation rate of vortices after they shed off the surface.Thus aerodynamic performance of the airfoil could be improved.For the injection angle of 90°,modulation can increase the control authority of the SJA.Compared to the unmodulated case,increment of lift-to-drag ratio is up to 15%.The modulating frequency corresponding to the largest increment is FM+≈1.For the injection angle of 30°,improvement of aerodynamic forces positively relates to momentum coefficient of the SJA.Due to the decrease of effective momentum,modulation degrades the effect of flow control.The opposite responses to modulation are believed to have a relationship with the variation of primary control mechanism.When jet injection angle varies from 90°to 30°,the primary mechanism changes from the interaction of vortices and waves to the direct momentum addition.The skill of modulation of driving signals is very useful for applications of SJA.展开更多
Regular coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic prevention and control have raised new require-ments that necessitate operation-strategy innovation in urban rail transit.To alleviate increasingly seri-ous congestio...Regular coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic prevention and control have raised new require-ments that necessitate operation-strategy innovation in urban rail transit.To alleviate increasingly seri-ous congestion and further reduce the risk of cross-infection,a novel two-stage distributionally robust optimization(DRO)model is explicitly constructed,in which the probability distribution of stochastic scenarios is only partially known in advance.In the proposed model,the mean-conditional value-at-risk(CVaR)criterion is employed to obtain a tradeoff between the expected number of waiting passen-gers and the risk of congestion on an urban rail transit line.The relationship between the proposed DRO model and the traditional two-stage stochastic programming(SP)model is also depicted.Furthermore,to overcome the obstacle of model solvability resulting from imprecise probability distributions,a discrepancy-based ambiguity set is used to transform the robust counterpart into its computationally tractable form.A hybrid algorithm that combines a local search algorithm with a mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)solver is developed to improve the computational efficiency of large-scale instances.Finally,a series of numerical examples with real-world operation data are executed to validate the pro-posed approaches.展开更多
The current research mainly focuses on the flow control for the two-stage proportional valve with hydraulic position feedback which is named as Valvistor valve.Essentially,the Valvistor valve is a proportional throttl...The current research mainly focuses on the flow control for the two-stage proportional valve with hydraulic position feedback which is named as Valvistor valve.Essentially,the Valvistor valve is a proportional throttle valve and the flow fluctuates with the change of load pressure.The flow fluctuation severely restricts the application of the Valvistor valve.In this paper,a novel flow control method the Valvistor valve is provided to suppress the flow fluctuation and develop a high performance proportional flow valve.The mathematical model of this valve is established and linearized.Fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative(PID)controller is adopted in the closed-loop flow control system.The feedback is obtained by the flow inference with back-propagation neural network(BPNN)based on the spool displacement in the pilot stage and the pressure differential across the main orifice.The results show that inference with BPNN can obtain the flow data fast and accurately.With the flow control method,the flow can keep at the set point when the pressure differential across the main orifice changes.The flow control method is effective and the Valvistor valve changes from proportional throttle valve to proportional flow valve.For the developed proportional flow valve,the settling time of the flow is very short when the load pressure changes abruptly.The performances of hysteresis,linearity and bandwidth are in a high range.The linear mathematical model can be verified and the assumptions in the system modeling is reasonable.展开更多
The surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) plasma actuator has shown great promise as an aerodynamic flow control device. In this paper, the encapsulated electrode width of a SDBD actuator is changed to study t...The surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) plasma actuator has shown great promise as an aerodynamic flow control device. In this paper, the encapsulated electrode width of a SDBD actuator is changed to study the airflow acceleration behavior. The effects of encapsulated electrode width on the actuator performance are experimentally investigated by measuring the dielectric layer surface potential, time-averaged ionic wind velocity and thrust force. Experimental results show that the airflow velocity and thrust force increase with the encapsulated electrode width. The results can be attributed to the distinct plasma distribution at different encapsulated electrode widths.展开更多
Flow separation and secondary flow in the S-duct of an aircraft engine cause severe pressure loss and airflow distortion at the outlet,lowering engine performance.Herein,a serial two-electrode plasma synthetic jet(PSJ...Flow separation and secondary flow in the S-duct of an aircraft engine cause severe pressure loss and airflow distortion at the outlet,lowering engine performance.Herein,a serial two-electrode plasma synthetic jet(PSJ)actuator array is used to actively control the flow field in the duct and improve its characteristics.The results show that the PSJ significantly increases the wall pressure recovery coefficient,suppresses flow separation,and improves the outlet pressure distortion.The primary and secondary orders of the influencing factors are as follows:control position>jet momentum coefficient>excitation frequency>jet configuration.The best jet control position is near the separation location,and the best jet configuration is the‘Λ’configuration.The higher the jet momentum coefficient and excitation frequency,the better the flow control.The wall pressure coefficient increases by up to 127.8%,and the outlet steady pressure distortion index decreases by 9.15%.The control mechanism is the direct energy injection into the flow boundary layer through a high-speed jet and the indirect control effect of the induced streamwise vortex.On the one hand,the PSJ suppresses flow separation by improving the ability of the boundary layer to resist the inverse pressure gradient.On the other hand,it reduces pressure distortion by decreasing the intensity of the secondary flow and weakening the backflow.This study thus provides a new technology for the active control of the flow-field characteristics in an S-duct and has significance for guiding the application of synthetic jet technology in S-ducts.展开更多
In order to achieve higher efficient cohesion match of procedure and equipment between ironmaking and steelmaking interface, the theory of multi-dimensional material flow control was applied to analyze torpedo ladle-i...In order to achieve higher efficient cohesion match of procedure and equipment between ironmaking and steelmaking interface, the theory of multi-dimensional material flow control was applied to analyze torpedo ladle-iron ladle transportation process between blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace. Moreover, basic parameters of material flow were analyzed and optimized, such as time, temperature and material quantity. Based on operating principles of material flow, control methods were optimized, such as product organization mode, scheduling discipline and scheduling plan of hot metal ladle. Finally, the material flow control technology of ironmaking and steelmaking interface was integrated. Satisfactory effects are obtained after applying the technology in practice. The total turnover number of torpedo ladle decreases from 20 to 18, the hot metal temperature of 1# BF torpedo ladle decreases from 36 °C to 19.5 °C, the hot metal temperature of 2# BF torpedo ladle decreases from 36.6 °C to 19.8 °C, the temperature drop of desulfurization hot metal decreases by 4 °C, and the temperature drop of non-desulfurization hot metal decreases by 2.8 °C. Furthermore, the ironmaking and steelmaking interface system will realize high-efficiency control by using this control technology.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52408506)Changsha University of Science&Technology Key Discipline Innovative Project in Civil Engineering(Grant No.23ZDXK14).
摘要This paper studied the effect of synthetic jets on active flow control around a finite-length square cylinder using the large eddy simulation method.Based on the oncoming flow velocity(U∞)and the model width d,the corresponding Reynolds number is 2.78×104.We explored the impact of the momentum coefficient(Cμ)and the dimensionless jet frequency(f*)on a finite-length square cylinder’s aerodynamic forces and flow field characteristics.The square cylinder has an aspect ratio of 5,with one end mounted on a wall and the other end free.The synthetic jet outlet is deployed at the windward leading edge of the square cylinder.It is found that synthetic jets positioned at the top can effectively suppress the cylinder’s aerodynamic forces.Both the momentum coefficient and dimensionless jet frequency influence the control effectiveness.The maximum reductions in total mean drag coefficients(Cd,mean)and fluctuating lift coefficient(Cl,rms)are 4.01%and 50.7%,respectively.With synthetic jet control,the shear flow at the free end of the square cylinder is significantly suppressed,the separation bubble on the top surface disappears,the shear layer at the free end approaches the top surface of the square cylinder,and the turbulent kinetic energy near the free end is significantly enhanced.This study may offer valuable guidance for related engineering applications.
摘要This study investigates a high⁃loaded axial compressor in which flow instabilities in the rotor and the stator occur almost concurrently.Under these conditions,conventional stability enhancement methods prove to be ineffective.The paper proposes a combined rotor-stator flow control technique.This study reveals that the flow field deterioration stems from combined flow blockage at the rotor tip region and the near-hub region of the stator.Research on flow control methods finds that self-recirculating casing treatment can effectively improve flow capacity in the rotor tip region,but simultaneously reduce flow capacity in the near-hub zone.This makes the hub flow field more susceptible to breakdown and ultimately triggers compressor instability.Thus,the self-recirculating casing treatment fails to enhance stall margin.By contrast,hub suction significantly improves the hub-region flow field.Yet without suppressing the rotor-tip flow blockage,it achieves limited stability enhancement.The integrated solution combining self-recirculating casing treatment with hub suction simultaneously addresses flow blockage at both the rotor tip and the stator near-hub regions.This combined flow control method delivers effective stability enhancement,achieving 6.78%increase in compressor stall margin.
基金supported in part by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant BK20230255Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province under Grant ZR2023QE281.
摘要The multi-terminal direct current(DC)grid has extinctive superiorities over the traditional alternating current system in integrating large-scale renewable energy.Both the DC circuit breaker(DCCB)and the current flow controller(CFC)are demanded to ensure the multiterminal DC grid to operates reliably and flexibly.However,since the CFC and the DCCB are all based on fully controlled semiconductor switches(e.g.,insulated gate bipolar transistor,integrated gate commutated thyristor,etc.),their separation configuration in the multiterminal DC grid will lead to unaffordable implementation costs and conduction power losses.To solve these problems,integrated equipment with both current flow control and fault isolation abilities is proposed,which shares the expensive and duplicated components of CFCs and DCCBs among adjacent lines.In addition,the complicated coordination control of CFCs and DCCBs can be avoided by adopting the integrated equipment in themultiterminal DC grid.In order to examine the current flow control and fault isolation abilities of the integrated equipment,the simulation model of a specific meshed four-terminal DC grid is constructed in the PSCAD/EMTDC software.Finally,the comparison between the integrated equipment and the separate solution is presented a specific result or conclusion needs to be added to the abstract.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.92371201,52192633,11872293,and 92152301)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(Grant Nos.2024JC-YBQN-0008,and 2022JC-03)+1 种基金Shaanxi Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2022ZDLGY02-07)the Joint Natural Science Foundation of China with Guangdong Province for TianHe-II Supercomputer Resources,and the Research Start-up Foundation of Xi’an University of Science and Technology for the High-Level Talent.
摘要The flow control at low Reynolds numbers is one of the most promising technologies in the field of aerodynamics,and it is also an important source of the innovation for novel aircraft.In this study,a new way of nonlinear flow control by interaction between two flexible flaps is proposed,and their flow control mechanism is studied employing the self-constructed immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann-finite element method(IB-LB-FEM).The effects of the difference in material properties and flap length between the two flexible flaps on the nonlinear flow control of the airfoil are discussed.It is suggested that the relationship between the deformation of the two flexible flaps and the evolution of the vortex under the fluid-structure interaction(FSI).It is shown that the upstream flexible flap plays a key role in the flow control of the two flexible flaps.The FSI effect of the upstream flexible flap will change the unsteady flow behind it and affect the deformation of the downstream flexible flap.Two flexible flaps with different material properties and different lengths will change their own FSI characteristics by the induced vortex,effectively suppressing the flow separation on the airfoil’s upper surface.The interaction of two flexible flaps plays an extremely important role in improving the autonomy and adjustability of flow control.The numerical results will provide a theoretical basis and technical guidance for the development and application of a new flap passive control technology.
基金Project(52476095)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(kq2506013)supported by Changsha Outstanding Innovative Youth Training Program,China。
摘要The nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector(NDASC)ensures that solar radiation passing through the tube wall is directly absorbed by the nanofluid,reducing thermal resistance in the energy transfer process.However,further exploration is required to suppress the outward thermal losses from the nanofluid at high temperatures.Herein,this paper proposes a novel NDASC in which the outer surface of the collector tube is covered with functional coatings and a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model is established to study the energy flow distributions on the collector within the temperature range of 400-600 K.When the nanofluid’s absorption coefficient reaches 80 m-1,the NDASC shows the optimal thermal performance,and the NDASC with local Sn-In2O3 coating achieves a 7.8% improvement in thermal efficiency at 400 K compared to the original NDASC.Furthermore,hybrid coatings with Sn In2O3/WTi-Al2O3 are explored,and the optimal coverage angles are determined.The NDASC with such coatings shows a 10.22%-17.9% increase in thermal efficiency compared to the original NDASC and a 7.6%-19.5% increase compared to the traditional surface-type solar collectors,demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed energy flow control strategy for DASCs.
摘要Activeow control technology is a technique that controls the internaloweld of aircraft engines or theoweld around wings by means of disturbances induced by actuators,and adjusts the aerodynamic force and attitude of the aircraft,so as to achieve the purposes of increasing lift,reducing drag,suppressing vibration and reducing noise.Hailed as an important source of innovative development for aircraft,this technology provides a new technical approach to solve the aerodynamic problems of aircraft,signicantly improve their comprehensive performance,break throughight boundaries,and promote disruptive innovation in the next generation of aircraft.
基金Item Sponsored by National High Technology Research and Development Plan of China(2007AA04Z194)
摘要A 1∶2.5 scale tundish model was set up in laboratory for a six-strand billet continuous casting tundish with different configurations to investigate fluid flow characteristics under different operational conditions by measuring residence time distribution curves.It was found that minimum residence time,maximum concentration time and average residence time of the three strands on the same side of the tundish with the former configuration under normal operation,that is,six strands were open,were small and non-uniform and the tundish had large dead volume fraction.Vortexes easily formed on the liquid surface in the pouring zone of the tundish.The fluid flow characteristics in the tundish with the optimal turbulence inhibitor and baffles were improved and became less non-uniform among the strands.Vortexes were not found on the pouring zone surface in the optimal tundish.For non-normal operation,that is,one strand was close,it was important to choose which strand to be closed for maintaining flow characteristics of the rest two strands.It was found from this investigation that fluid flow characteristics in the optimal configuration tundish with closing strand 2 were better than those with closing strand 3 on the same side.
摘要The optimization of flow control devices in a single-slab continuous casting tundish was carried out by physical modeling, and the optimized scheme was presented. With the optimal tundish configuration, the minimum residence time of liquid steel was increased by 1.4 times, the peak concentration time was increased by 97%, and the dead volume fraction was decreased by 72%. A mathematical model for molten steel in the tundish was established by using the fluid dynamics package Fluent. The velocity field, concentration field, and the resi-dence time distribution (RTD) curves of molten steel flow before and after optimization were obtained. Experimental results showed that the reasonable configuration with flow control devices can improve the fluid flow characteristics in the tundish. The results of industrial applica-tion show that the nonmetallic inclusion area ratio in casting slabs is decreased by 32% with the optimal tundish configuration.
摘要A new gust load alleviation technique is presented in this paper based on active flow control. Numerical studies are conducted to investigate the beneficial effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of the quasi "Global Hawk" airfoil using arrays of jets during the gust process. Based on unsteady Navier-Stokes equations, the grid-velocity method is introduced to simulate the gust influence, and dynamic response in vertical gust flow perturbation is investigated for the airfoil as well. An unsteady surface transpiration boundary condition is enforced over a user specified portion of the airfoil’s surface to emulate the time dependent velocity boundary conditions. Firstly, after applying this method to simulate typical NACA0006 airfoil gust response to a step change in the angle of attack, it shows that the indicial responses of the airfoil make good agreement with the exact theoretical values and the calculated values in references. Furthermore, gust response characteristic for the quasi "Global Hawk" airfoil is analyzed. Five kinds of flow control techniques are introduced as steady blowing, steady suction, unsteady blowing, unsteady suction and synthetic jets. The physical analysis of the influence on the effects of gust load alleviation is proposed to provide some guidelines for practice. Numerical results have indicated that active flow control technique,as a new technology of gust load alleviation, can affect and suppress the fluid disturbances caused by gust so as to achieve the purpose of gust load alleviation.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(50776100)
摘要This article is devoted to experimental study on the control of the oblique shock wave around the ramp in a low-temperature supersonic flow by means of the magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)flow control technique.The purpose of the experiments is to take advantage of MHD interaction to weaken the oblique shock wave strength by changing the boundary flow characteristics around the ramp.Plasma columns are generated by pulsed direct current(DC)discharge,the magnetic fields are generated by Nd-Fe-B rare-earth permanent magnets and the oblique shock waves in supersonic flow are generated by the ramp.The Lorentz body force effect of MHD interaction on the plasma-induced airflow velocity is verified through particle image velocimetry(PIV)measurements.The experimental results from the supersonic wind tunnel indicate that the MHD flow control can drastically change the flow characteristics of the airflow around the ramp and decrease the ratio of the Pitot pressure after shock wave to that before it by up to 19.66%,which leads to the decline in oblique shock wave strength.The oblique shock waves in front of the ramp move upstream by the action of the Lorentz body force.The discharge characteristics are analyzed and the MHD interaction time and consumed energy are determined with the help of the pulsed DC discharge images.The interaction parameter corresponding to the boundary layer velocity can reach 1.3 from the momentum conservation equation.The velocity of the plasma column in the magnetic field is much faster than that in the absence of magnetic field force.The plasma can strike the neutral gas molecules to transfer momentum and accelerate the flow around the ramp.
基金Projects(RCS2015ZZ002,RCS2014ZT25)supported by State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control&Safety,ChinaProject(2015RC058)supported by Beijing Jiaotong University,China
摘要Metro passenger flow control problem is studied under given total inbound demand in this work,which considers passenger demand control and train capacity supply.Relevant connotations are analyzed and a mathematical model is developed.The decision variables are boarding limiting and stop-skipping strategies and the objective is the maximal passenger profit.And a passenger original station choice model based on utility theory is built to modify the inbound passenger distribution among stations.Algorithm of metro passenger flow control scheme is designed,where two key technologies of stopping-station choice and headway adjustment are given and boarding limiting and train stopping-station scheme are optimized.Finally,a real case of Beijing metro is taken for example to verify validity.The results show that in the three scenarios with different ratios of normal trains to stop-skipping trains,the total limited passenger volume is the smallest and the systematic profit is the largest in scenario 3.
基金financially supported by the Key Special Project in the National Science & Technology Program during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period (No.2009ZX04014-061-7)
摘要The metallurgical effect of a round tundish used to cast heavy steel ingots in machine works at present was evaluated through water modeling experiments. The flow control devices of the improved oval tundish, which was used instead of the round tundish, had been optimized. The results show that the residence time of the round tundish is short, its inclusion removal efficiency is too low, and it has more dead zones and an unreasonable flow field. Compared with the round tundish, the improved oval tundish with the optimized weir and dam has a better effect: its minimum residence time is prolonged by 38.1 s, the average residence time is prolonged by 233.4 s, its dead volume fraction decreases from 26% to 15%, and the ratio of plug volume fraction to dead volume fraction increases from 0.54 to 1.27. The inclusion removal efficiency also increases by 17.5%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11972139)。
摘要In terms of multiple temporal and spatial scales, massive data from experiments, flow field measurements, and high-fidelity numerical simulations have greatly promoted the rapid development of fluid mechanics. Machine Learning(ML) provides a wealth of analysis methods to extract potential information from a large amount of data for in-depth understanding of the underlying flow mechanism or for further applications. Furthermore, machine learning algorithms can enhance flow information and automatically perform tasks that involve active flow control and optimization. This article provides an overview of the past history, current development, and promising prospects of machine learning in the field of fluid mechanics. In addition, to facilitate understanding, this article outlines the basic principles of machine learning methods and their applications in engineering practice, turbulence models, flow field representation problems, and active flow control. In short, machine learning provides a powerful and more intelligent data processing architecture, and may greatly enrich the existing research methods and industrial applications of fluid mechanics.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2019YFA0405300 and 2019YFA0405203)the Chinese Scholarship Council(CSC)(No.201903170195)。
摘要The effect of magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)plasma actuators on the control of hypersonic shock waveurbulent boundary layer interactions is investigated here using Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes calculations with low magnetic Reynolds number approximation.A Mach 5 oblique shockurbulent boundary layer interaction was adopted as the basic configuration in this numerical study in order to assess the effects of flow control using different combinations of magnetic field and plasma.Results show that just the thermal effect of plasma under experimental actuator parameters has no significant impact on the flow field and can therefore be neglected.On the basis of the relative position of control area and separation point,MHD control can be divided into four types and so effects and mechanisms might be different.Amongst these,D-type control leads to the largest reduction in separation length using magnetically-accelerated plasma inside an isobaric dead-air region.A novel parameter for predicting the shock waveurbulent boundary layer interaction control based on Lorentz force acceleration is then proposed and the controllability of MHD plasma actuators under different MHD interaction parameters is studied.The results of this study will be insightful for the further design of MHD control in hypersonic vehicle inlets.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.:11872374 and 11602299)。
摘要A new skill of modulating driving signals of a synthetic jet with low frequency is introduced to enhance the control authority.Based on dynamic mesh technique,the effect of flow control over a NACA0015 airfoil with a Synthetic Jet Actuator(SJA)has been investigated.The SJA is located at x/c=10%,and two jet injection angles of 90°and 30°have been considered.Flow structures indicate that modulation with low frequency can reduce the dissipation rate of vortices after they shed off the surface.Thus aerodynamic performance of the airfoil could be improved.For the injection angle of 90°,modulation can increase the control authority of the SJA.Compared to the unmodulated case,increment of lift-to-drag ratio is up to 15%.The modulating frequency corresponding to the largest increment is FM+≈1.For the injection angle of 30°,improvement of aerodynamic forces positively relates to momentum coefficient of the SJA.Due to the decrease of effective momentum,modulation degrades the effect of flow control.The opposite responses to modulation are believed to have a relationship with the variation of primary control mechanism.When jet injection angle varies from 90°to 30°,the primary mechanism changes from the interaction of vortices and waves to the direct momentum addition.The skill of modulation of driving signals is very useful for applications of SJA.
基金supported the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71621001, 71825004, and 72001019)the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (2020JBM031 and 2021YJS203)the Research Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety (RCS2020ZT001)
摘要Regular coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic prevention and control have raised new require-ments that necessitate operation-strategy innovation in urban rail transit.To alleviate increasingly seri-ous congestion and further reduce the risk of cross-infection,a novel two-stage distributionally robust optimization(DRO)model is explicitly constructed,in which the probability distribution of stochastic scenarios is only partially known in advance.In the proposed model,the mean-conditional value-at-risk(CVaR)criterion is employed to obtain a tradeoff between the expected number of waiting passen-gers and the risk of congestion on an urban rail transit line.The relationship between the proposed DRO model and the traditional two-stage stochastic programming(SP)model is also depicted.Furthermore,to overcome the obstacle of model solvability resulting from imprecise probability distributions,a discrepancy-based ambiguity set is used to transform the robust counterpart into its computationally tractable form.A hybrid algorithm that combines a local search algorithm with a mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)solver is developed to improve the computational efficiency of large-scale instances.Finally,a series of numerical examples with real-world operation data are executed to validate the pro-posed approaches.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51805350)Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFB2001202)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province of China(Grant No.201801D221226)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2019M651073).
摘要The current research mainly focuses on the flow control for the two-stage proportional valve with hydraulic position feedback which is named as Valvistor valve.Essentially,the Valvistor valve is a proportional throttle valve and the flow fluctuates with the change of load pressure.The flow fluctuation severely restricts the application of the Valvistor valve.In this paper,a novel flow control method the Valvistor valve is provided to suppress the flow fluctuation and develop a high performance proportional flow valve.The mathematical model of this valve is established and linearized.Fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative(PID)controller is adopted in the closed-loop flow control system.The feedback is obtained by the flow inference with back-propagation neural network(BPNN)based on the spool displacement in the pilot stage and the pressure differential across the main orifice.The results show that inference with BPNN can obtain the flow data fast and accurately.With the flow control method,the flow can keep at the set point when the pressure differential across the main orifice changes.The flow control method is effective and the Valvistor valve changes from proportional throttle valve to proportional flow valve.For the developed proportional flow valve,the settling time of the flow is very short when the load pressure changes abruptly.The performances of hysteresis,linearity and bandwidth are in a high range.The linear mathematical model can be verified and the assumptions in the system modeling is reasonable.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11175037)National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China(No.11305017)Special Fund for Theoretical Physics(No.11247239)
摘要The surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) plasma actuator has shown great promise as an aerodynamic flow control device. In this paper, the encapsulated electrode width of a SDBD actuator is changed to study the airflow acceleration behavior. The effects of encapsulated electrode width on the actuator performance are experimentally investigated by measuring the dielectric layer surface potential, time-averaged ionic wind velocity and thrust force. Experimental results show that the airflow velocity and thrust force increase with the encapsulated electrode width. The results can be attributed to the distinct plasma distribution at different encapsulated electrode widths.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(No.20720210050)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51707169)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China(No.2019J01042)the Aeronautical Power Fund Project,China(No.6141B09050390)the Project on the Integration of Industry,Education and Research of Aero Engine Corporation of China(No.HFZL2018CXY009)the Xiamen University Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates(No.202110384082)。
摘要Flow separation and secondary flow in the S-duct of an aircraft engine cause severe pressure loss and airflow distortion at the outlet,lowering engine performance.Herein,a serial two-electrode plasma synthetic jet(PSJ)actuator array is used to actively control the flow field in the duct and improve its characteristics.The results show that the PSJ significantly increases the wall pressure recovery coefficient,suppresses flow separation,and improves the outlet pressure distortion.The primary and secondary orders of the influencing factors are as follows:control position>jet momentum coefficient>excitation frequency>jet configuration.The best jet control position is near the separation location,and the best jet configuration is the‘Λ’configuration.The higher the jet momentum coefficient and excitation frequency,the better the flow control.The wall pressure coefficient increases by up to 127.8%,and the outlet steady pressure distortion index decreases by 9.15%.The control mechanism is the direct energy injection into the flow boundary layer through a high-speed jet and the indirect control effect of the induced streamwise vortex.On the one hand,the PSJ suppresses flow separation by improving the ability of the boundary layer to resist the inverse pressure gradient.On the other hand,it reduces pressure distortion by decreasing the intensity of the secondary flow and weakening the backflow.This study thus provides a new technology for the active control of the flow-field characteristics in an S-duct and has significance for guiding the application of synthetic jet technology in S-ducts.
基金Project(2011FZ056)supported by the Applied Basic Research Plan Program of Yunnan Province,China
摘要In order to achieve higher efficient cohesion match of procedure and equipment between ironmaking and steelmaking interface, the theory of multi-dimensional material flow control was applied to analyze torpedo ladle-iron ladle transportation process between blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace. Moreover, basic parameters of material flow were analyzed and optimized, such as time, temperature and material quantity. Based on operating principles of material flow, control methods were optimized, such as product organization mode, scheduling discipline and scheduling plan of hot metal ladle. Finally, the material flow control technology of ironmaking and steelmaking interface was integrated. Satisfactory effects are obtained after applying the technology in practice. The total turnover number of torpedo ladle decreases from 20 to 18, the hot metal temperature of 1# BF torpedo ladle decreases from 36 °C to 19.5 °C, the hot metal temperature of 2# BF torpedo ladle decreases from 36.6 °C to 19.8 °C, the temperature drop of desulfurization hot metal decreases by 4 °C, and the temperature drop of non-desulfurization hot metal decreases by 2.8 °C. Furthermore, the ironmaking and steelmaking interface system will realize high-efficiency control by using this control technology.