A scoping study is being conducted on the air supply fora microjet-based active flow control (AFC) system on a twin-turbofan commercial transport airplane. Microjets provide circulation control using small surface-normal pneumatic jets located near the trailing edge of a lifting surface such as a wing or flap. When located on the pressure side of the lifting surface they increase the lift, and when located on the suction side they decrease lift. In this study, microjets are considered for installation in the flaps of the high-lift version of the Common ResearchModel (CRM-HL). Two different architectures to supply the air for the microjets are considered: (1) bleed air from the airplane’s auxiliary power unit (APU) plus ram air, and (2) engine fan bleed air plus ram air. A model based on the 1D compressible flow equations is applied to analyze the air supply system architectures and predict the microjet flow rate with the resulting airplane performance changes based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of microjets on the CRM-HL. The results of this scoping study are encouraging in that pressurized air from the APU or the engine fan can be used to entrain ram air and thereby increase the AFC mass flow rate to achieve effective lift control and airplane performance enhancement during takeoff and landing.


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    Title :

    Scoping of an Air Supply Configuration for AFC on a Commercial Transport Airplane High Lift System


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    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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