Aiming to realize a low-drag supersonic transport, Busemann biplane concept was adopted in this study. Two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) biplanes were analysed and designed to improve their aerodynamic performance using computational fluid dynamics. It was confirmed that 3D biplane wings have better aerodynamic-performance areas than 2D biplane airfoils. A winglet is also useful for improvement of their aerodynamic performance. Aerodynamic characteristics of these biplanes at their off-design conditions were also analysed. In 3D wings, a flow choking and its attendant hysteresis as starting problems, which arise when the biplanes accelerate from low Mach numbers, disappear at lower Mach numbers than those in 2D airfoils. It was confirmed that hinged slats and flaps are effective to settle these issues. Finally, interference effects of a body with the biplanes were investigated. When the biplane wings are affected by the expansion waves from the body, their aerodynamic performance at the design Mach number and the starting Mach number are better and lower than those of their isolated wings, respectively. A 3D biplane wing obtained by an inverse-design method was applied to the body. The wing of this wing–body configuration achieves higher aerodynamic performance than the 2D flat-plate airfoil at sufficient lift conditions, which is the almost identical performance of 2D biplane airfoils.


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    Title :

    Aerodynamic analysis and design of Busemann biplane: towards efficient supersonic flight


    Contributors:
    Maruyama, D (author) / Kusunose, K (author) / Matsushima, K (author) / Nakahashi, K (author)


    Publication date :

    2012-02-01


    Size :

    22 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




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