Comparison of Aircraft Loads Using URANS and Actuator Disk Modelling of Propellers

Christopher J A Wales, Dorian P Jones, Ann L Gaitonde, Peter Risley-Settle, Andrew Peace

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Abstract

A comparison of simulations are performed using both steady RANS with an actuator disk model to represent the propellers and URANS with full rotating blade geometry, for the Clean Sky 2 flying test bed 2, which is a regional turboprop with co-rotating propellers. The simulations are performed for a cruise configuration at Mach 0.2 and a Reynolds number of 11.933 × 10^6 for a range of angles of attack and side slip angles. The generation of the database for the actuator disk model is explained, along with the calibration of the blade angle to give a specified thrust. Aerodynamic coefficients for both the airframe and the propellers are extracted and compared with wind-tunnel data from an atmospheric wind-tunnel test undertaken in a previous Clean Sky 2 project (ReLOAD).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum
Subtitle of host publicationSession: Propeller/Rotorcraft/Wind Turbine Aerodynamics I
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-62410-635-4
ISBN (Print)9781624106354
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2022
EventAIAA AVIATION Forum - Chicago, United States
Duration: 27 Jun 20221 Jul 2022
https://www.aiaa.org/aviation/

Publication series

NameAIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum

Conference

ConferenceAIAA AVIATION Forum
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period27/06/221/07/22
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Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was carried out within the Clean Sky 2 research programme PERTURB, funded under grant number 831927. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Airbus Defence and Space. The URANS calculations presented were carried out using the computational facilities of the Advanced Computing Research Centre, University of Bristol - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/acrc/.

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© 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.

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