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NASA NTRS1994

Forebody Tangential Slot Blowing on an Aircraft Geometry

The effect of forebody tangential slot blowing on the flowfield about an F/A-18 aircraft is investigated numerically using solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. Computed solutions are obtained for an aircraft geometry which includes the fuselage, a wing with deflected leading-edge flap, empennage, and a faired-over engine inlet. The computational slot geometry corresponds to that used in full-scale wind-tunnel tests. Solutions are computed using flight test conditions and jet mass flow ratios equivalent to wind-tunnel test conditions. The effect of slot location is analyzed by computing two nontime-accurate solutions with a 16-in. slot located 3 in. and 11 in. aft of the nose of the aircraft. These computations resolve the trends observed in the full-scale wind-tunnel test data. The flow aft of the leading-edge extension vortex burst is unsteady. A time-accurate solution is obtained to investigate the flow characteristics aft of the vortex burst, including the effect of blowing on tail buffet.

Gee, Ken↗
NASA NTRS1987

Effects of afterbody boattail design and empennage arrangement on aeropropulsive characteristics of a twin-engine fighter model at transonic speeds

The effects of empennage arrangement and afterbody boattail design of nonaxisymmetric nozzles on the aeropropulsive characteristics of a twin-engine fighter-type model have been determined in an investigation conducted in the Langley 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel. Three nonaxisymmetric and one twin axisymmetric convergent-divergent nozzle configurations were tested with three different tail arrangements: a two-tail V-shaped arrangement; a staggered, conventional three-tail arrangement; and a four-tail arrangement similar to that on the F-18. Two of the nonaxisymmetric nozzles were also vectorable. Tests were conducted at Mach numbers from 0.60 to 1.20 over an angle-of-attack range from -3 deg to 9 deg. Nozzle pressure ratio was varied from 1 (jet off) to approximately 12, depending on Mach number. Results indicate that at design nozzle pressure ratio, the medium aspect ratio nozzle (with equal boattail angles on the nozzle sidewalls and upper and lower flaps) had the lowest zero angle of attack drag of the nonaxisymmetric nozzles for all tail configurations at subsonic Mach numbers. The drag levels of the twin axisymmetric nozzles were competitive with those of the medium-aspect-ratio nozzle at subsonic Mach number.

Bangert, Linda S.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Dynamic loading of aircraft surfaces due to jet exhaust impingement

High-lift wing concepts being considered for application to commercial STOL transports are discussed. The flow patterns which produce dynamic loads on these wings are indicated. Measurements of surface pressure and acceleration on a one-half-scale model of an externally blown double-slotted flap are reported. Root-mean-square values, power spectra, and scaling parameters are shown.

Lansing, D. L.↗
NASA NTRS1983

Effect of thrust vectoring and wing maneuver devices on transonic aeropropulsive characteristics of a supersonic fighter

The aeropropulsive characteristics of an advanced fighter designed for supersonic cruise were determined in the Langley 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel. The objectives of this investigation were to evaluate the interactive effects of thrust vectoring and wing maneuver devices on lift and drag and to determine trim characteristics. The wing maneuver devices consisted of a drooped leading edge and a trailing-edge flap. Thrust vectoring was accomplished with two dimensional (nonaxisymmetric) convergent-divergent nozzles located below the wing in two single-engine podded nacelles. A canard was utilized for trim. Thrust vector angles of 0 deg, 15 deg, and 30 deg were tested in combination with a drooped wing leading edge and with wing trailing-edge flap deflections up to 30 deg. This investigation was conducted at Mach numbers from 0.60 to 1.20, at angles of attack from 0 deg to 20 deg, and at nozzle pressure ratios from about 1 (jet off) to 10. Reynolds number based on mean aerodynamic chord varied from 9.24 x 10 to the 6th to 10.56 x 10 to the 6th.

Capone, F. J.↗
NASA NTRS1977

Interim noise correlation for some OTW configurations using external jet-flow deflectors

Jet/flap interaction acoustic data obtained statically from a model-scale study of STOL-OTW configurations with a conical nozzle mounted above the wing and using various external deflectors to provide jet-flow attachment are correlated. The acoustic data are correlated in terms that consider the jet/flap interaction noise contributions associated primarily with fluctuating lift, trailing edge, and configuration wake noise sources. Variables considered include deflector geometry, flap setting and wing size. Finally, the configuration overall noise levels are related to static lift and thrust measurements in order to provide insight into possible acoustic/aerodynamic performance trade-off benefits.

Von Glahn, U.↗
NASA NTRS2019

Experimental Investigation of a One-Sided Ejector Nozzle

A fundamental exploratory experiment is conducted assessing the performance of a one-sided ejector with the eventual goal of noise reduction for jet engines. The hardware is comprised of an 8:1 rectangular nozzle together with an ejector box whose lower surface is flush with the lower lip of the nozzle. Secondary flow is allowed through a gap between the upper lip of the nozzle and a flap that constitutes the upper surface of the ejector. Wall static pressures and Pitot probe surveys are conducted to evaluate the performance of the ejector with variation of geometric parameters. It is found that addition of vortex generating tabs at the upper lip of the nozzle significantly increases secondary flow entrainment. The entrainment is further enhanced by a divergence of the ejector upper surface. Limited noise measurements are done. The baseline ejector (without tabs) often encounters flow resonance with accompanying tones. The tabs have the additional benefit of eliminating those tones in all cases. However, for the tabbed case, addition of the ejector produces insignificant further noise reduction. This is due to the fact that the flow remains unmixed on the lower half of the ejector. The focus of ongoing and future efforts is to achieve sufficient mixing of the flow so that the exhaust velocities are uniformly low, while keeping the ejector hardware short and lightweight.

Ejectors↗
NASA NTRS1978

Flight experience on the need and use of inflight leading edge washing for a laminar flow airfoil

An investigation of leading-edge contamination by insects was conducted at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center with a JetStar airplane instrumented to detect transition on the outboard leading-edge flap and equipped with a system to wash the leading edge in flight. The results of airline-type flights with the JetStar indicated that insects can contaminate the leading edge during take-off and climbout at large jet airports in the United States. The results also showed that the insects collected on the leading edges at 180 knots did not erode at cruise conditions for a laminar flow control airplane and caused premature transition of the laminar boundary layer. None of the superslick and hydrophobic surfaces tested showed any significant advantages in alleviating the insect contamination problem. While there may be other solutions to the insect contamination problem, the results of these tests with a washer system showed that a continuous water spray while encountering the insects is effective in preventing insect contamination of the leading edges.

Fisher, D. F.↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

Phased Array Characterization of Slat Noise Radiation from a High-Lift Common Research Model

A test campaign was conducted in the open-jet test section of the NASA Langley 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel on a 10%-scale, semispan version of a High-Lift Common Research Model (CRM-HL) incorporating a leading-edge slat, trailing-edge flap and removable high-fidelity main landing gear. Far field acoustic measurements were obtained on baseline and acoustically treated model configurations using a traversing 97-microphone phased array that viewed the pressure side of the airframe. A modified version of the DAMAS deconvolution method incorporating corrections for shear layer acoustic wave decorrelation was employed to determine the locations and strengths of relevant noise sources along the span of the slat and in the vicinity of the flap edges and landing gear. The main goal of the test campaign was to use the array data to evaluate the effectiveness of various slat noise reduction concepts. It was found that slat-gap fillers produced significant broadband noise reduction for all Mach numbers and airfoil angles of attack that were investigated. Mach number scaling revealed an approximate velocity to the sixth power relationship for the slat noise at higher frequencies. Directivity measurements obtained from integration of DAMAS pressure-squared values over defined geometric zones around the model showed that baseline slat noise radiation approximated a dipole as a function of polar emission angle, becoming approximately omnidirectional with the introduction of the slat-gap filler. The test campaign clearly demonstrated the noise reduction benefits that can be obtained by applying appropriate treatments to leading edge slats on commercial transport-class aircraft.

William M Humphreys, Jr.↗
NASA NTRS2023

Characterization of Slat Noise Radiation from a High-Lift Common Research Model

A test campaign was conducted in the open-jet test section of the NASA Langley 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel on a 10%-scale, semispan version of a High-Lift Common Research Model (CRM-HL) incorporating a leading-edge slat, trailing-edge flap and removable high-fidelity main landing gear. Aerodynamic and far field acoustic measurements were obtained on baseline and acoustically treated model configurations using an ensemble of time-averaged and unsteady surface pressure sensors paired with a traversing 97-microphone phased array viewing the pressure side of the airframe. A modified version of the DAMAS deconvolution method incorporating corrections for shear layer acoustic wave decorrelation was employed to determine the locations and strengths of relevant noise sources along the span of the slat and in the vicinity of the flap edges and landing gear. The main goal of the test campaign was to use the surface pressure and array data to evaluate the effectiveness of various slat noise reduction concepts. It was found that slat-gap fillers produced significant broadband noise reduction with minimal aerodynamic performance penalties for all Mach numbers and airfoil angles of attack that were investigated. The test campaign clearly demonstrated the noise reduction benefits that can be obtained by applying appropriate treatments to leading-edge slats on commercial transport-class aircraft.

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate↗
NASA NTRS2020

Wind Tunnel Testing of High Efficiency Low Power (HELP) Actuation for Active Flow Control

A High Efficiency Low Power (HELP) methodology has been successfully developed and tested on an active flow control (AFC) version of the 10%-scale high-lift Common Research Model (CRM-HL) at the NASA Langley Research Center 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel (14x22). The AFC variant of the CRM-HL, designated as CRM-SHL-AFC, was integrated with modular HELP actuator cartridges on the shoulder of its highly deflected (≥50°) simplehinged flaps. A reference conventional CRM-HL configuration equipped with Fowler flaps and a nacelle chine was chosen to provide the targeted lift enhancement goals and for comparison with the results of the CRM-SHL-AFC. The current data are presented with the Transonic Wall Interference Correction System (TWICS) method applied. The HELP actuators, which use a combination of unsteady sweeping jets and steady discrete jets in tandem, were designed to overcome strong adverse pressure gradients, while minimizing the pneumatic power usage. The power coefficient (C(sub π)), which takes account of both supply air pressure and mass flow usage for the AFC actuators, is a useful parameter for judging the actuators’ performance efficiency and perhaps for scaling-up of the AFC system. Full HELP actuation coverage with a constant spanwise nozzle pressure ratio (NPR) was able to achieve the lift enhancement goals for the entire lift curve and was found to be the most effective AFC case. For the most effective case, mass flow rates greater than ~0.91 lbm/s and NPR values greater than ~1.8 (corresponding to C(sub π) = 0.18) are needed to achieve the lift enhancement goal at α = 9°, whereas mass flow rates greater than ~1.23 lbm/s and NPR values greater than ~2.3 (corresponding to C(sub π) = 0.3) are needed to achieve the lift enhancement goal at α = 17°. Surface pressure distributions indicate that the HELP actuation on the flap shoulder increased the suction pressures (and flow circulation) globally in both the streamwise and the spanwise directions, and thereby enhanced the lift over the entire high-lift system. The CRM-SHLAFC configuration equipped with HELP actuation was able to match or exceed the lift performance of the reference conventional CRM-HL, thus meeting the objective of the research.

John C Lin↗
NASA NTRS1984

Static internal performance of single-expansion-ramp nozzles with thrust-vectoring capability up to 60 deg

An investigation has been conducted at static conditions (wind off) in the static-test facility of the Langley 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel. The effects of geometric thrust-vector angle, sidewall containment, ramp curvature, lower-flap lip angle, and ramp length on the internal performance of nonaxisymmetric single-expansion-ramp nozzles were investigated. Geometric thrust-vector angle was varied from -20 deg. to 60 deg., and nozzle pressure ratio was varied from 1.0 (jet off) to approximately 10.0.

Berrier, B. L.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Noise tests on an externally blown flap with the engine in front of the wing

Noise tests were conducted with a nozzle exhausting over a small scale model of an externally blown flap (EBF) lift-augmentation system, with exhaust impingement on the wing leading edge. Two series of tests were conducted: with wing leading edge inside the nozzle; and with leading edge set back from the nozzle exit plane 1 diameter on the jet axis. The results indicated no significant differences in spectral shape, level, or directivity pattern. Static lift and thrust tests were conducted on the same model indicated considerable flow attachment on both configurations, with slightly greater attachment and turning for the wing outside the nozzle. Finally, a comparison with engine-above- and engine-below-the-wing EBF's tested by previous investigators shows the acoustic performance of the configurations tested for this report to lie between the other two.

Karchmer, A. M.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Wing aerodynamic loading caused by jet-induced lift associated with STOL-OTW configurations

Surface pressure distributions were obtained with model-scale STOL-OTW configurations using various nozzles designed to promote flow attachment to the wing/flap surface. The nozzle configurations included slot-types and both circular and slot nozzles with external flow deflectors. The wing aerodynamic loading caused by the jet-induced lift is presented in conventional terms of delta p/q as a function of chordwise surface distance in the nozzle centerline plane as well as outboard of the nozzle centerline. Nozzle roof/deflector angle, chordwise location of the nozzle, wing size, and flap deflection angle are included in the geometric variables affecting the wing loading.

Vonglahn, U.↗
NASA NTRS1972

STOL noise sources and fan noise treatment

STOL noise goals, noise sources, and their affects on engine and propulsion systems design are considered. It is shown that major noise sources constitute the blown-flap system with its turbofan engine and the augmentor wing propulsion system. Most of the problem areas associated with STOL propulsion systems are defined and the development of a multistage fan engine with proper rotor-stator spacings and low noise core exhaust jet is illustrated. A variable-area acoustic inlet provides near sonic flow conditions during takeoff and landing.

Rulis, R. J.↗
NASA NTRS1987

Multiaxis control power from thrust vectoring for a supersonic fighter aircraft model at Mach 0.20 to 2.47

The aeropropulsive characteristics of an advanced twin-engine fighter aircraft designed for supersonic cruise have been studied in the Langley 16-Foot Tansonic Tunnel and the Lewis 10- by 10-Foot Supersonic Tunnel. The objective was to determine multiaxis control-power characteristics from thrust vectoring. A two-dimensional convergent-divergent nozzle was designed to provide yaw vector angles of 0, -10, and -20 deg combined with geometric pitch vector angles of 0 and 15 deg. Yaw thrust vectoring was provided by yaw flaps located in the nozzle sidewalls. Roll control was obtained from differential pitch vectoring. This investigation was conducted at Mach numbers from 0.20 to 2.47. Angle of attack was varied from 0 to about 19 deg, and nozzle pressure ratio was varied from about 1 (jet off) to 28, depending on Mach number. Increments in force or moment coefficient that result from pitch or yaw thrust vectoring remain essentially constant over the entire angle-of-attack range of all Mach numbers tested. There was no effect of pitch vectoring on the lateral aerodynamic forces and moments and only very small effects of yaw vectoring on the longitudinal aerodynamic forces and moments. This result indicates little cross-coupling of control forces and moments for combined pitch-yaw vectoring.

Capone, Francis J.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Internal performance of a hybrid axisymmetric/nonaxisymmetric convergent-divergent nozzle

An investigation was conducted in the static test facility of the Langley 16-foot transonic tunnel to determine the internal performance of a hybrid axisymmetric/nonaxisymmetric nozzle in forward-thrust mode. Nozzle cross-sections in the spherical convergent section were axisymmetric whereas cross-sections in the divergent flap area nonaxisymmetric (two-dimensional). Nozzle concepts simulating dry and afterburning power settings were investigated. Both subsonic cruise and supersonic cruise expansion ratios were tested for the dry power nozzle concepts. Afterburning power configurations were tested at an expansion ratio typical for subsonic acceleration. The spherical convergent flaps were designed in such a way that the transition from axisymmetric to nonaxisymmetric cross-section occurred in the region of the nozzle throat. Three different nozzle throat geometries were tested for each nozzle power setting. High-pressure air was used to simulate jet exhaust at nozzle pressure ratios up to 12.0.

Taylor, John G.↗
NASA NTRS2007

Separation Control Over A Wall-Mounted Hump

Separation control by means of steady suction or zero efflux oscillatory jets is known to be effective in a wide variety of flows under different flow conditions. Control is effective when applied in a nominally two-dimensional manner, for example, at the leading-edge of a wing or at the shoulder of a deflected flap. Despite intuitive understanding of the flow, at present there is no accepted theoretical model that can adequately explain or describe the observed effects of the leading parameters such as reduced suction-rate, or frequency and momentum input. This difficulty stems partly from the turbulent nature of the flows combined with superimposed coherent structures, which are usually driven by at least one instability mechanism. The ever increasing technological importance of these flows has spurned an urgent need to develop turbulence models with a predictive capability. Present attempts to develop such models are hampered in one way or another by incomplete data sets, uncertain or undocumented inflow and boundary conditions, or inadequate flow-field measurements. This paper attempts to address these issues by conducting an experimental investigation of a lowspeed separated flow over a wall-mounted hump model. The model geometry was designed by Seifert & Pack, who measured static and dynamic pressures on the model for a wide range of Reynolds and Mach numbers and control conditions. This paper describes the present experimental setup, as well as the types and range of data acquired. Sample data is presented and future work is discussed.

Greenblatt, D.↗
NASA NTRS2019

Experimental Investigation of a One-Sided Ejector Nozzle

A fundamental exploratory experiment is conducted assessing the performance of a one-sided ejector with the eventual goal of noise reduction for jet engines. The hardware is comprised of an 8:1 rectangular nozzle together with an ejector box whose lower surface is flush with the lower lip of the nozzle. Secondary flow is allowed through a gap between the upper lip of the nozzle and a flap that constitutes the upper surface of the ejector. Wall static pressures and Pitot probe surveys are conducted to evaluate the performance of the ejector with variation of geometric parameters. It is found that addition of vortex generating tabs at the upper lip of the nozzle significantly increases secondary flow entrainment. The entrainment is further enhanced by a divergence of the ejector up-per surface. Limited noise measurements are done. The baseline ejector (without tabs) often encounters flow resonance with accompanying tones. The tabs have the additional benefit of eliminating those tones in all cases. However, for the tabbed case, addition of the ejector produces insignificant further noise reduction. This is due to the fact that the flow remains unmixed on the lower half of the ejector. The focus of ongoing and future efforts is to achieve sufficient mixing of the flow so that the exhaust velocities are uniformly low, while keeping the ejector hardware short and light-weight.

Zaman, K. B. M. Q.↗