Truss Braced Wing (TBW) is one of the most promising configurations for future single-aisle commercial aircraft. The additional strut and jury in TBW endow the structure with better stiffness and strength, which enables a wing with larger aspect-ratio, thinner thickness and smaller swept angle, and even equipped with laminar flow airfoil. Theoretically, TBW configuration has the advantage of higher lift-to-drag ratio. However, one of potential problems for TBW is that severe disturbance may exist at the junction of truss and wing, which will reduce the aerodynamic benefit of TBW. To deal with this issue, this paper investigates influence of truss geometry on aerodynamic characteristics by numerical simulations of CFD. The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method with the S-A turbulence model is used to compute the aerodynamic force and observe flow phenomenon of TBW in flight speed of Mach 0.73. The simulation results show that the geometric parameters that have large impacts on the cross section shape around the junction tend to have greater influences on aerodynamic characteristics (The Cross Section in this paper represents the cross section of air flow tunnel between the wing and truss). To analyze the impact of cross section geometry at the junction on the interference drag, we introduce a specific term, namely ‘flow section compression ratio’ that is the decreased rate of the cross section area from the entrance to the throat. The analysis indicates that the transonic disturbance will be considerable weaken when the ‘flow section compression ratio’ around the junction is under 16%, and the drag due to transonic disturbance accounts for only about 25% of the total interference drag. In order to further decrease the interference drag at the junction, we also investigate influences of the cross section geometry and airfoil thickness at the junction on the profile drag. The results from this paper can be helpful for TBW configuration design.


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    Title :

    A Study on Aerodynamic Interference for Truss Braced Wing Configuration


    Additional title:

    Lect. Notes Electrical Eng.


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering ; 2020 ; Shanghai, China July 14, 2020 - July 16, 2020



    Publication date :

    2021-06-02


    Size :

    24 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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