A reduction in the structural weight and climate-relevant emissions of future transport aircraft can be realized through active gust load alleviation, limiting the peak aerodynamic loads experienced in flight. Two fluidic concepts, surface and Coandă jets, offer promising solutions. The surface jet induces a separated flow region on the wing’s suction side near the trailing edge, while the Coandă jet utilizes tangential blowing over a rounded trailing edge to make use of the Coandă effect for direct circulation control. This study investigates these fluidic actuation concepts using two-dimensional unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations on a supercritical airfoil to alleviate gust-induced lift increases. Results reveal that fluidic concepts can surpass the load reduction capability of a trailing edge flap. Notably, the Coandă-type design, while more efficient, exhibits limited control authority compared to surface jet, achieving maximum gust load reductions of 40% versus 70% for surface jet. Optimizing the temporal deployment of the surface jet leads to increased peak lift reduction. Even under challenging conditions with reduced gust anticipation time and actuator placement near the wing tip with a reduced chord length, the surface jet maintains consistent performance and therefore offers a promising solution for active gust load alleviation on future aircraft.


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    Title :

    Fluidic Flow Control Devices for Gust Load Alleviation


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 61 , 4 ; 1169-1182


    Publication date :

    2024-02-22


    Size :

    14 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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