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Adv. Theor. Appl. Mech., Vol. 2, 2009, no. 3, 123 - 142
Modeling of Stratosphere Airship
WANG Xiao-liang1, MA Ye2 and SHAN Xue-xiong3
1(School of aeronautics and astronautics,Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. Shanghai
200240,China)
2(Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam,
Hong Kong)
3(Dept. of Engineering Mechanics,Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. Shanghai 200240,
China)
Abstract: A modeling approach for the nonlinear dynamics simulation of stratosphere airships is proposed. In this model, the aerodynamics of airship is calculated based on a panel method and an engineering estimation approach. A new numerical method for calculating added masses of the airship is developed by using the CFD commercial software (Fluent) in this paper. This model can simulate the motion of stratosphere airships quickly and accurately. Keywords: stratosphere airship; panel method; engineering estimation; added masses
I Introduction
Stratosphere Airship can be used as a platform for different purpose [15,9,18,
14,10,19]. We could analysis the motion, stability, manipulation and control of
stratosphere aerodynamics in the course of design and using. The airship dynamics and kinematics model is very important for this purpose. In this paper, we build the nonlinear dynamics model by new approaches, which consist of a new method for calculating the nonlinear aerodynamic and a new method for calculating the added mass.
The aerodynamics of airship can be computed by some CFD software (FLUNET, CFX, STAR-CD and so on). Because of the large time consumption in computing, a quick method, which accurately and efficiently calculates the
124 WANG Xiao-liang, MA Ye and SHAN Xue-xiong aerodynamics of airships, is proposed in this paper. The aerodynamics of airship, which can be divided into the aerodynamics for airship body and those for fins, is composed of the linear aerodynamics and the nonlinear aerodynamics. The linear aerodynamics of airship hull is calculated in terms of Munk’s airship theory. While the nonlinear aerodynamics of it is calculated by Allen’s viscous cross flow theory. One the other hand, the linear aerodynamics of fins could be calculated by the approach of panel method .While the nonlinear aerodynamics of them could be calculated by the Polhamus-Lamar suction analogy method. The interference of the body and fins are also included in this model.
Moreover, a new numerical method for calculating the added mass of the airship is developed by the commercial codes Fluent. The accelerated motion of the object can be simulated by adopting the methods of the inviscid model and the Dynamic mesh technique in Fluent, and we can use the formula of force balancing resulted by Fluent to compute the added mass of any objects in six degree of freedom.
II Aerodynamic calculating method
A Airship Dynamics and Kinematics Model
The equations followed in this paper are based on the computational
coordinates: ccc zyox .The study of airship motion is based on the body fixed
coordinates: oxyz .The relation of ccc zyox and oxyz is showed in figure 1:
Figure 1 Computational and body coordinates
where α is the attack angle, β is the sideslip angle, cα is total attack angle,
and γ is Rotation Angle. The relations of them are:
)coscos(cos αβα arc = )sin
sincoscos(c
arα
αβγ =
Vr
αcα
β
x
y
z
cx
cycz
γ
o
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B The Estimation of Airship Aerodynamics
B.1 Airship Hull Aerodynamics[13,11,8]
The aerodynamics of airship hull can be divided into the inviscid and viscid part. The inviscid aerodynamics can be calculated by the slender body theory. While the viscid aerodynamics can be calculated by Allen’s viscous cross flow theory.
B.1.1 Linear Aerodynamics
The hull of airship is a body of revolution. The lift and pitching moment can be calculated by the slender body theory. The potential cross force per unit length
pf at any station along the hull is given by
where 21,kk are the transverse and longitudinal apparent mass coefficients for the
body, respectively. The variation of 12 kk − is the function of fineness ratio.
2
21
∞∞ = Vq ρ is the free-stream dynamic pressure. ρ is the air density . V∞ is the
fluid velocity. S is the cross-sectional area of the hull, x is the distance along the
hull from the bow.
The potential cross pitching moment per unit length pm at any station along the hull is given by
where the torque center is mx .
The total potential cross-force on airship hull can be expressed by
2 1 2 10 0[( ) sin 2 cos( / 2)] [( ) sin(2 ) cos( / 2)]R R
R
l l
p p c c c c ldSF f dx k k q dx k k q Sdx
α α α α∞ ∞= = − = − ⋅∫ ∫The total potential cross- pitching moment on airship hull reads
2 1( ) sin 2 cos( / 2)p c cdSf k k qdx
α α∞= −
2 1( ) sin 2 cos( / 2)( )p c c mdSm k k q x xdx
α α∞= − −
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2 1 2 10[( ) sin 2 ]cos( / 2)( ) [( ) sin(2 ) cos( / 2)] [ ( ) ]R
R
l
p c c m c c R m ldSM k k q x x dx k k q Vol l x Sdx
α α α α∞ ∞= − − = − ⋅ − −∫
where Rl is the length of airship hull. RlS is the cross-sectional area of airship
hull at the location of Rl . Vol is the volume of airship hull.
Because of the contraction of airship hull in tail, the influence of boundary layer thickness to aerodynamics must be taken into consideration. Hence, we
propose the boundary layer correct coefficient Rlδ . Therefore, the cross sectional
area of airship hull tail RlS ′ is
max( )R R Rl l lS S Sδ′ = +
where maxS is the maximum cross sectional area of airship hull.
B.1.2 Nonlinear Aerodynamics
Here, we consider a body of revolution. It is again to be expected that the cross-force characteristics could be approximately predicted by treating each circular cross section as an element of an infinitely long circular cylinder of the same cross-sectional area. By this assumption, the local cross force of airship hull
of per unit length due to viscosity vf could be given by
cdcv qkrCf αη 2sin2 ∞= where the correction factor of finite length of airship hull η is the function of
airship hull fineness ratio. k is the correct coefficient of dcC . r is the body
radius at any station x from the bow, dcC is the drag coefficient of a circular
cylinder at the Reynolds number and the Mach number, which are
ναsin2Re ∞=
rVc
aVM c
αsin∞=
where, ν is the kinematic viscosity, and a is the speed of sound in the undisturbed stream.
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The total nonlinear cross force vF and torque vM of airship hull is
dxqkrCdxfF cdc
ll
vvRR ]sin2[ 2
00αη ∞∫∫ ==
2
0 0( ) [2 sin ]( )R Rl l
v v m dc c mM f x x dx krC q x x dxη α∞= − = −∫ ∫
B.1.3 Axial Drag of Airship Hull
By the calculation method of Hoerner’s revolution drag, the axial drag of airship hull is:
( )1/3 1.2 2.7 1/60 max max max0.172( / ) 0.252( / ) 1.032( / ) / Reref R R RD q S l d d l d l∞= + +
where max/Rl d is the fineness ratio of airship hull. Re is the Reynolds number
based on the airship hull length Rl .
C The Aerodynamics of Fins
The aerodynamics of airship fins can also be divided into the linear and the nonlinear parts. The linear aerodynamics of fins is calculated by the approach of panel method [17]. The nonlinear aerodynamics of fins is calculated by the Polhamus-Lamar suction analogy method. The interference of body and fins are included in this model by considering the vortexes of airship hull.
The detail calculation formulas of airship fins can be found in reference.[16]
D The Comparison of Calculation and Experiments
Based on the formula of forces (moment) of airship hull and the calculation method of fins in the airship, we calculate three examples and compare the results with experiments.
D.1 Comparison of Aerodynamics of Airship hull
D.1.1 Example 1(LOTTE Airship)[5]
The main dimensions of airship LOTTE are as follows: a volume of 3109mV = , an overall length of mL 16= , a maximum diameter of mD 4= . The
contour of LOTTE is defined in two sections by a root function:
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xcxr =)(1 for 08.00 << x and a polynomial function
55
44
33
22102 )( xcxcxcxcxccxr +++++= for 108.0 << x .
Lrr /= and Lxx /= are the normalized coordinates in radial resp. axial
direction. The coefficients are given in Table 1.
Table 1 The coefficients of contour of LOTTE airship
Figure 2 The hull shape of LOTTE airship
The results of computation and experiment are shown in figure 3( 0.37Rl
δ = )
c c0 c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 0.2277 0.0197 0.7184 -2.3751 5.0166 -5.8339 2.4551
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-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30 c al c ul a t i on ex per i ment
Lift
coef
ficie
nt (C
L)
at t ac k ang l e a ( deg)
-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 320.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
0.18
0.20
Dra
g co
effic
ient
(Cd)
at t ac k angl e a( deg)
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4 c al c ul a t i on ex per i ment
Pitc
h to
rque
coe
ffici
ent(C
m)
at t ac k angl e a ( deg)
Figure 3 The comparison of lC , dC , mC between experiments and
computation of LOTTE airship hull
D.1.2 Example 2(slender body)[1]
Definition of the shape equation: 4/3
2
00
)21(1 ⎥⎦
⎤⎢⎣
⎡−−=
lx
rr
Geometric parameters: 912.3=l , 198.00 =r , 962.40 =l ,
Figure 4 Body of revolution from reference 7
Mach number of the free stream: 6.00 =M .
The results of computation and experiment are shown in figure 5
( 0.4889Rl
δ = )
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-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
Lift
coef
ficie
nt(C
L)
at t ac k angl e a( deg)
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
Dra
g co
effic
ient
(Cd)
at t ac k angl e a( deg)
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
Pitc
h to
rque
coe
ffici
ent(C
m)
at t ac k angl e a( deg)
Figure 5 The comparison of lC , dC , mC between the experiment and the
computation of slender body
D.1.3 Example 3(U.S.S “Akron” airship)[6]
Dimensions of model U.S.S “Akron” Scale 1/40 are given in Figure 6.
Airship Length: feetL 62.19= , Volume: 115=V cubic feet, Center of
buoyancy: Lxm 464.0= , Fineness ratio: 9.532.3/62.19/ ==DL .
Figure 6 The shape of USS Akron airship
The results of computation and experiment are shown in figure 7
( 0.40Rl
δ = )
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-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22-0.05
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
Lift
coef
ficie
nt(C
L)
at t ac k ang l e a( deg)
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 220.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.08
0.09
Dra
g co
effic
ient
(Cd)
at t ac k ang l e a( deg)
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4 c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
Pitc
h to
rque
coe
ffici
ent(C
m)
at t ac k angl e a( deg)
Figure 7 The comparison of lC , dC , mC between the experiment and the
computation of USS Akron airship
D.2 Comparison of Aerodynamics of Airship Hull and Fins
The example1 and 2 used in this section is same as example1 and example3 in section D.1 respectively.
D.2.1 Example 1( 0.37Rl
δ = 0.2385, 0.0L SK K= = )
-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7 c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
Lift
coef
ficie
nt(C
L)
at t ac k ang l e a ( deg)
-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 320.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
Dra
g co
effic
ient
(Cd)
at t ac k ang l e a( deg)
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-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32-0.20
-0.15
-0.10
-0.05
0.00
0.05 c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
Pitc
h to
rque
coe
ffici
ent(C
m)
at t ac k ang l e a ( deg)
Figure 8 The comparison of lC , dC , mC between the experiment and the
computation of hull and empennage of LOTTE airship
D.2.2 Example 2( 0.40Rl
δ = 0.3406, 0.0L SK K= = )
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
c a l c u l a t i oc n ex per i ment
Lift
coef
ficie
nt(C
L)
at t ac k ang l e a( deg)
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 220.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
0.18
0.20
Dra
g co
effic
ient
(Cd)
at t ac k ang l e a( deg)
c a l c u l a t i on ex per i ment
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
-0.06
-0.04
-0.02
0.00
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.10 c al c u l at i on ex per i ment
Pitc
h to
rque
coe
ffici
ent(C
m)
at t ac k angl e a( deg)
Figure 9 The comparison of lC , dC , mC between the experiment and the
computation of hull and empennage of USS Akron airship Through the comparison of calculated and experimental results for three
examples, we can conclude that our new method can accurately and efficiently
Modeling of stratosphere airship 133 calculate the aerodynamics of airship and can be applied in the area of Engineering calculations.
III Computation Method for the Added Mass
At present, there are different methods to compute the added mass of an object such as estimating method based on simple ellipsoid with three
independently sized principal axes and the Hess Smith panel method [7,3].
With the development of computers and computing fluid dynamics technology, a new method is presented by the commercial CFD software FLUENT[4]. This method can be used to compute the added mass of any object with a complex shape.
A The New Computing Method for the Added Mass
This method is based on the inviscid model and the Dynamic mesh technique in Fluent. By changing the forces under the condition of uniform motions and accelerated motions, we can obtain the added mass of an object by its definition:
a uF Fm
a−
=
where m is the added mass; aF is the force or torque of an object in the
condition of accelerated motions uF is the force or torque of an object in the
condition of uniform motions .
A.1 The Boundary Conditions of Uniform Motions
1 Transverse motion As an example, we show the boundary conditions of an object moving
transversely in the x direction. The definition of boundary condition of other directions (y and z ) is the same as x.
The computational region is shown in figure 10. The boundary conditions are given as follows:
Inlet: xu =1m/s, yu=0;Outlet: INOUT QQ = .
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Figure 10 The mesh and boundaries of a moving sphere
2 Rotating motion As an example, we show the boundary conditions for rotating motions in the
z direction. The boundary conditions of other direction (x and y) are the same as x.
By using the technique of Moving Reference Frame in FLUENT, we can
simulate the rotating motion of airships in the condition of 1 rad/szω = . The
boundary conditions are shown in figure 11.
Figure 11 The mesh and boundaries of the whirling ellipse
A.2 The Boundary Conditions of Accelerated Motions
The unsteady solver is used to simulate the accelerated motion of airship. The out boundary conditions of the computational region are the same as the steady flow. The only different with the unsteady flow is that the airship must accelerate by changing of time. 1 Transverse accelerated motion
The accelerated velocity is defined by 1m/s2. 2 Rotating motion
The accelerated velocity is 1rad/s2.
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A.3 Validation of the New Calculation Method
The new calculation method described in the previous sections has been verified with regard to the added mass computation for a ellipsoid with three independently sized principal axes.
The parameters of the ellipsoid are given as follows: x axes length: 2a=20m. y,z axes length: 2b=2c=5.333m.
The fluid density: 31.225 /kg mρ = .
The new calculation method is compared to the results from theoretical approach and the Hess Smith panel method. Good agreements for the six added mass have been achieved.
Tabel 2 The results of the added masses of the ellipsoid
B The Computation of Added Masses of the LOTTE Airship
We calculated the added mass of LOTTE airship (example1of section II) by this new calculation method in this section.
The parameters in this computation are as followed:
The fluid density: ρ =1.03/kg m ;The center of Torque: 7.0mx m= .
The results are given in Table 3. Tabel 3 The added mass of LOTTE airship
m11 m22 m33 m44 m55 m66 10.71 103.25 103.25 35.98 2272.57 2272.57
Based on the definition of added masses and using the commercial CFD software Fluent, the added mass of airship was calculated. This new method can be very readily, effectively and accurately used to compute the added mass of complex object such as ships, aircrafts and so on.
m11 m22 m33 m44 m55 m66
theory 295.12 2721.69 2721.69 / 233639.47 233639.47
Hess-Smith 307.93 2740.65 2738.93
0 236849.8 239586.14 New method 313.89 2705.11 2705.11 0 230525.35 230525.35
Relative error(%) 1.94 1.30 1.23 / 2.67 3.78
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IV Stratosphere Airship Dynamics and Kinematics Model
A Airship Dynamics and Kinematics Model
We used three coordinates and two limiting assumptions[2] (I. The airship forms a rigid body so that aeroelastic effects can be ignored; II. The airframe is symmetric about the oxz plane so that both the Center of Volume and the Center of Gravity lie in the plane of symmetry.) in the process of building the dynamics model of an airship.
Figure 12 Earth coordinates ddd zyAx , body-fixed coordinatesOxyz and
velocity coordinates ggg zyOx
Based on the theoretical mechanics, we can get the dynamics model of airships. The model in the body-fixed coordinates can be stated as: x Direction force equation is:
ϑαβαβα sin)(sinsincoscoscos)]()()()[( 22
GBTZYXXqprzrpqyrqxwqvrum
aaaI
GGG
−++++−=++−++−+− &&& (1)
y Direction force equation is:
φϑββ sincos)(cossin)]()()()[( 22
BGYXYrqpxpqrzpryurwpvm
aaI
GGG
−+++=++−++−+− &&&
(2)
z Direction force equation is:
φϑαβαβα coscos)(cossinsincossin)]()()()[( 22
BGZYXZprqyqrpxqpzvpuqwm
aaaI
GGG
−+−+−=++−++−+− &&& (3)
Roll moment equation is:
A dx
dy
dz
O
x
y
z
φ
ψ
ϑ Vr
x
y
z
u
v−w
α
β
gx
gz gy
p
q
r
O
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φϑφϑ sincoscoscos)()(
)()()()( 22
GzGyLLpwruvmzqupvwmy
qrIqprIpqrIqrIIpI
GGaI
GG
yzxyxzyzx
−++=−+−−++
−+−++−−+
&&
&&&
(4)
Pitch moment equation is:
φϑϑ coscossin)()(
)()()()( 22
GxGzMMqupvwmxrvqwumz
rqpIqrpIrpIrpIIqI
GGaI
GG
yzxyxzzxy
−−+=−+−−++
−++−−+−+
&&
&&&
(5)
Yaw moment equation is:
ϑφϑ sinsincos)()(
)()()()( 22
GyGxNNrvqwumypwruvmx
rpqIpqIprqIpqIIrI
GGaI
GG
yzxyxzxyz
+++=−+−−++
+−−+−+−+
&&
&&&
(6)
The kinematics equations are: (cos cos ) (cos sin sin sin cos )
(cos sin cos sin sin )x u v
wψ ϑ ψ ϑ ϕ ψ ϕ
ψ ϑ ϕ ψ ϕ= ⋅ + −
+ +
& (7)
(sin cos ) (sin sin sin cos cos )(sin sin cos cos sin )
y u vw
ψ ϑ ψ ϑ ϕ ψ ϕψ ϑ ϕ ψ ϕ
= + ++ −
& (8)
wvuz )cos(cos)sin(cos)sin( φϑφϑϑ ++−=& (9)
)sincos(cos
1 φφϑ
ψ qr +=& (10)
φφϑ cossin qr +−=& (11)
)sincos( φφϑφ qrtgp ++=& (12)
where vu, , and w are the linear velocities in the airship yx, , and z directions;
qp, , and r are the angular velocities about the airship yx, , and z-axes;ϑ ,ψ ,
and φ are the pitch, yaw and roll angles; α and β are the angle of attack and
sideslip, respectively; x, y, and z are the global position coordinates; IX , IY ,and
IZ are inertia force in yx, ,and z directions of body-fixed coordinates; IL , IM ,
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and IN are inertia torque in yx, ,and , z directions of body-fixed coordinates
respectively; aX , aY and , aZ are aerodynamic forces of airships, respectively;
aL , aM ,and aN are aerodynamic moments of airships, respectively;
),,( GGG zyx are the coordinates of gravity center; G and B are the centers of
gravity and buoyancy of airship, respectively; The moments of inertia around
the yx, ,and z axes are yx II , ,and zI ; The product of inertia about oyox, ,and
oz are xzI , yzI ,and xyI .
We can get the state equation of the airship Eq. (13) from Eq. (1)-(12),
),(
)sincos(
)sincos(cos
1cossin
6
16
6
15
6
14
6
13
6
12
6
11
UXfX
qrtgp
qr
qrwcvbuawcvbuawcvbua
fM
fM
fM
fM
fM
fM
zyxrqpwvu
zzz
yyy
xxx
iii
iii
iii
iii
iii
iii
=⇒
⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥
⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢
⎣
⎡
++
+
+−⋅+⋅+⋅⋅+⋅+⋅⋅+⋅+⋅
=
⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥⎥
⎦
⎤
⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢⎢
⎣
⎡
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
∑
=
=
=
=
=
=
&
&
&
&&
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
φφϑ
φφϑ
φφφψϑ
(13)
Because of the symmetry of the airship about the plane of Oxy ,Oxz , the
products of inertia yzI ,and xyI are equal to zero.
The detail expressions of if , ijM in the equation (13) are as follows: 2 2 2 2
1 33 22 35 26( ) ( ) ( ) ( )sinG G G x xf m m wq m m vr mz pr mx q r my pq m q m r F T B G Tϑ= − + + + − + + − − + + + + − +
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2 22 11 33 35( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) cos sinG G G y yf m m ur m m wp mZ qr my r p m mx qp F G B Tϑ φ= − + + + − + + + − + + − +
2 23 22 11( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) cos cosG G G z zf m m vp m m uq mZ p q mx rp my rq F G B Tϑ φ= − + + + + + − − + + − +
2 24 55 66
62 53 22 33 35
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) cos cos cos sin ( )z y xz xy yz G G
x G G T z T y
f m m I I rq I pq I pr I r p my pv qu mz ru pw
m vq m wr m m wv m qv M y G z G y T z Tθ φ θ φ
= − − + + − − − − − + −
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V Summary
A new modeling approach for the nonlinear dynamics simulation of stratosphere airships is proposed. In this model, the aerodynamics of airships is calculated based on a panel method and engineering estimation approach. The added mass is obtained by the CFD commercial software (Fluent) .
An efficient aerodynamic calculation method, based on a panel method and engineering estimation approach was developed. The aerodynamics of airship is divided into two parts: The aerodynamics of airship body and the fins. Every part is composed of the linear aerodynamics and nonlinear aerodynamics. The linear aerodynamics of the airship hull is calculated by Munk’s airship theory and the nonlinear aerodynamics of airship hull is calculated by Allen’s viscous cross flow theory. The linear aerodynamics of fins is calculated by the approach of panel method and the nonlinear aerodynamics of fins is calculated by the Polhamus-Lamar suction analogy method. The interference of body and fins is included in this model. It is shown by the results of computations and experiments that our model can efficiently estimate the aerodynamics of airships.
140 WANG Xiao-liang, MA Ye and SHAN Xue-xiong When the object accelerates, it will make fluid move and produce inertial
forces which is defined as added masses. So far, the methods for computing the added mass of airships are not precise. A new numerical method for obtaining added mass of the airship is developed by using the commercial codes Fluent. The method uses the inviscid model and the Dynamic mesh technique in Fluent. The accelerated motion of the object can be simulated, and we can use the force equations of balancing to compute the added mass of an object in six degree of freedom, where the forces are obtained from Fluent. By comparing the results with those given by other methods, the high precision and efficiency of the method are verified. The added mass of the airship LOTTE is also computed for its numerical moving analysis.
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142 WANG Xiao-liang, MA Ye and SHAN Xue-xiong Received: February, 2009