Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Wenxuan Tang, Peiqing Liu, Tianxiang Hu, Qiulin Qu, Hao Guo, Yuan Liu, Rinie A. D. Akkermans
Summary: The flow control effect of Gurney flaps on 50 degrees swept delta wings during large-amplitude and high-frequency pitching was investigated experimentally and numerically. The results showed that Gurney flaps significantly affected the lift hysteresis and improved lift performance by redistributing vorticity and altering the lower surface pressure.
AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Zhaoyong Mao, Tianqi Zhang, Guangyong Yang, Wenlong Tian
Summary: Gurney flaps can enhance the hydrodynamic efficiency of airfoils. This study evaluates the influence of Gurney flaps on the Horizontal Axis Ocean Current Turbine (HAOCT) through numerical analysis. The results show that the addition of Gurney flaps improves the lift and drag coefficients, and significantly increases the axial thrust coefficient and the turbine power coefficient.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Liu Chen, Pei Yang, Bingxia Zhang, Lingjie Chen
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of a novel serrated Gurney flap (SGF) on the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines and turbine blades through numerical simulations. The findings show that the SGF reduces the number of trailing edge reverse vortices and decreases drag compared to the plain Gurney flap (PGF). At a certain flap height, the SGF outperforms the PGF in terms of performance.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Mechanics
Kashif Mehmood, Aamer Shahzad, M. N. Mumtaz Qadri, Shuaib Salamat, Taimur Ali Shams, Jehanzeb Masud
Summary: The flow field around an aircraft wing can be optimized to improve aerodynamic forces, which directly affect fuel consumption and flight economy. This study explores the integration schemes of fanjets with aircraft wings and investigates the flow physics of the fanjet by varying geometric parameters. Based on the results, the preferred selection for geometric parameters of annular and semi-annular fanjets for integration with the aircraft wing is documented.
Article
Thermodynamics
Xuemin Ye, Nan Zheng, Jiami Hu, Chunxi Li, Zhanpu Xue
Summary: A novel serrated Gurney flap (SGF) is proposed and its application in an axial fan is investigated using large eddy simulation. The results show that the use of SGFs improves the aerodynamic performance, reduces noise, and enhances efficiency of the fan, demonstrating significant potential for practical applications.
Article
Mechanics
Jiachen Zhu, Zhiwei Shi, Xi Geng, Junquan Fu, Sinuo Chen, Yongliang Chen
Summary: This study investigated the vortex breakdown characteristics of a flying wing aircraft under jet flow control through numerical simulation and proposed a design idea of jet excitation selection based on the natural helical mode frequency of the aircraft. The results showed that the control method of unsteady excitation had more advantages under the same jet momentum coefficient. The control effect of excitation frequency within the range of helical mode instability frequency was generally better than that outside the helical mode. When the excitation frequency was consistent with the peak value of the main frequency of the upstream helical mode, the optimal control effect was obtained, which had the most supplement to the axial velocity and obvious suppression effect on the separation zone.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yosra Chakroun, Galih Bangga
Summary: This study investigates the effects of Gurney flaps on aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil and a vertical axis wind turbine. The results show that using Gurney flaps increases lift coefficient and power production. Additionally, increasing flap height improves turbine performance.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Benoit Genest, Guy Dumas
Summary: The performance of a fully constrained oscillating-foil turbine is improved by adding passive double Gurney flaps. Flaps ranging from hGF=0.005c to 0.075c are added at the trailing edge of the NACA 0015 blade. Numerical simulations are used to determine the performance improvements.
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Sheng-Kai Chang, You-Jun Lin, Kuan-Lun Hsu, Jing-Tang Yang
Summary: This study investigated the effect of wing shape on a forward-flying butterfly by decoupling the wing-swept angle and the aspect ratio. It was found that the wing-swept angle and the aspect ratio simultaneously change during wing sweeping and have different effects on aerodynamics. By establishing wing shape models with varied combinations of these factors and conducting numerical simulations, the study revealed distinct flow mechanisms and aerodynamic trends, providing insight into butterfly flight and microaerial vehicle design.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Li Luo, Ren-guo Zhu, Cong-Bo Song, Jian-Fei Peng, Wei Guo, Yonghui Liu, Nengjian Zheng, Hongwei Xiao, Hua-Yun Xiao
Summary: Nitrate (NO3-) is recognized as the most important water-soluble ion in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and a driving factor for regional haze formation. The study found that nitrate concentrations increased with PM2.5 levels throughout the year, and different formation pathways were observed in cold months compared to warm months.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ningsheng Chen, Shufeng Tian, Fawu Wang, Peijun Shi, Lihong Liu, Miaoyuan Xiao, Enlong Liu, Wenqing Tang, Mahfuzur Rahman, Marcelo Somos-Valenzuela
Summary: This study aims to determine the mechanism of the three largest catastrophic rockslides in the eastern Tibetan Plateau over the past 20 years using field investigation, remote sensing, and runoff analysis. The multi-wing butterfly effects (MWBE) of climatic factors and weak earthquakes are identified as drivers of the catastrophic rockslide disasters. The catastrophic rockslide was ultimately inferred to be a nonlinear chaotic process, but prediction and forecasting of rockslide based on the MWBE in the early stages are possible and essential.
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Hao Chen, Bo Chen
Summary: A numerical investigation was conducted to study the lift-enhancing characteristics of the Gurney flap on a tiltrotor wing. The results showed that the Gurney flap significantly improved the wing lift coefficient, but also increased drag and decreased the lift-to-drag ratio. The wing lift increments were found to be proportional to the square root of the Gurney flap height.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
Jean Helder Marques Ribeiro, Chi-An Yeh, Kai Zhang, Kunihiko Taira
Summary: The study reveals that wing sweep attenuates spanwise fluctuations and influences wake dynamics in terms of stability and spanwise fluctuations, especially in the development of three-dimensional wakes. Global resolvent analysis uncovers oblique modes with high disturbance amplification and shows that for flows at high sweep angles, the optimal convection speed of the response modes is faster than the optimal wavemakers speed, providing insights into the mechanism for the attenuation of perturbations in separated flows at higher Reynolds numbers.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Sergen Tumse, Mehmet Oguz Tasci, Ilyas Karasu, Besir Sahin
Summary: The presence of the ground affects the aerodynamic performance and vortex structure of a delta wing, leading to a decrease in the peak values of vortices and a slower formation of vortices. The lift and drag coefficients of the delta wing increase as it descends towards the ground, with a higher increase observed at lower angles of attack.
AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yan-Kun Xiang, Xu Dao, Meng Gao, Yu-Chi Lin, Fang Cao, Xiao-Ying Yang, Yan-Lin Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the regional source apportionments of NH4+ in the Northern China Plain (NCP). The results showed that NH4+ concentration was positively correlated with PM2.5 mass, indicating its contribution to haze formation. The nitrogen isotopic composition analysis revealed negative correlations between δN-15-NH4+, δN-15-NH3 and PM2.5 mass, with no significant differences among the cities studied. By analyzing air mass backward trajectories and quantifying contributions from potential sources, non-agricultural sources (fossil fuel related and NH3 slip) were identified as the dominant sources of haze in the NCP region. However, during extreme haze phase, the contribution of fossil fuel related source decreased while livestock breeding source increased. The importance of NH3 emissions from volatilization-related agricultural sources (especially livestock breeding) in urban cities of the NCP region was highlighted, even though non-agricultural sources were the foremost contributors.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2022)