• 융복합기술연구소 논문집
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.21-24
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• 2016

Accurate simulation of wakeshapes behind a wing is important for the performance prediction of the aircraft and the wake hazard problem in the airport. In the present study, wakeshapes behind a wing inside tunnels are simulated in regard to the development of wing-in-ground effect vehicles. A discrete vortex method with a nonplanar ground modelling is used for the simulation. It was found that the wingtip vortices move toward outboard directions when the wing is in ground effect. When the wing is placed inside tunnels, the wingtip vortices move along the tunnel wall with counter clockwise direction. As the gap between the wingtip and the tunnel decreases, the wingtip vortices move further along the tunnel wall. Both vortices from bothsides of the wing will murge, which will be studied in future using a viscous computation.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2016

In this paper, a wind-tunnel test is accomplished to investigate the roll characteristics of a variable-span wing flying inside a channel. The factors that affect the roll characteristics of the wing were identified by analyzing the measured data; accordingly, when the wing is flying without both the ground and sidewall effects, the asymmetric wing extension causes the roll moment. Both the ground and the sidewall can increase the roll moment, but when the wing is affected by both the ground and the sidewall, the roll moment does not increase as much as the case where the wing is only affected by the ground. Also, the aerodynamic characteristics of the flying wing inside a channel are the nonlinear function of the wing height and the gap between the wingtip and the sidewall, both of which should be considered in a study of the stability and the flight control of the wing-in-ground effect of the vehicle flying inside a channel.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2000년도 춘계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.84-90
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• 2000

Ground effect of three-dimensional wing is studied. LU-factored Implicit upwind TVD scheme and Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model are used for this calculation. To investigate ground effect, NACA 4415 wing at M=0.5 calculated. Two different angles of attack and three cases of flight height are calculated. As increasing angle of attack, the ground effect becomes strong. In case of NACA 4415 wing in ground effect, strength of wing tip vortex becomes stronger than that of free flight.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1051-1058
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• 2006

The steady aerodynamic characteristics of a wing flying over a channel are investigated using a boundary-element method. The present method is validated by comparing the computed results with the measured data. Compared with a flat ground surface, the channel fence augmented the lift increase and induced drag reduction. When the fence is lower than the wing height, the gap between the wingtip and the fence does not affect the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing much. When the fence is higher than the wing height, the close gap increased the lift. The induced drag is reduced when the wing is placed near the ground or at the same height as the fence. It is believed that present results can be used in the conceptual design of the high-speed ground transporters flying over the channel.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.282-296
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• 2014

In this paper, an iterative boundary element method (IBEM) was proposed to solve for a wing-in-ground (WIG) effect. IBEM is a fast and accurate method used in many different fields of engineering and in this work; it is applied to a fluid flow problem assessing a wing in ground proximity. The theory and the developed code are validated first with other methods and the obtained results with the proposed method are found to be encouraging. Then, time consumptions of the direct and iterative methods were contrasted to evaluate the efficiency of IBEM. It is found out that IBEM dominates direct BEM in terms of time consumption in all trials. The iterative method seems very useful for quick assessment of a wing in ground proximity condition. After all, a NACA6409 wing section in ground vicinity is solved with IBEM to evaluate the WIG effect.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2016

Unlike conventional airplane, a WIG craft experiences righting moment and adverse yaw moment in banked turning in ground effect. Numerical simulations are carried out to study the aerodynamics of banked wing in ground effect. Configurations of rectangular wing and delta wing are considered, and performance of endplates and ailerons during banking are also studied. The study shows that righting moment increase nonlinearly with heeling angle, and endplates enhance the righting. The asymmetric aerodynamic distribution along span of wing with heeling angle introduces adverse yaw moment. Heeling in ground effect with small ground clearance increases the vertical aerodynamic force and makes WIG craft climb. Deflections of ailerons introduce lift decrease and a light pitching motion. Delta wing shows advantage in banked turning for smaller righting moment and adverse yaw moment during banking.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2016

본 논문에서 채널 안내로를 비행하는 가변스팬 날개의 공력특성에 관한 실험연구를 수행하였다. NACA 0012익형을 가진 가변스팬 날개를 제작하였으며 선형서보모터를 사용하여 작동시켰다. 날개의 가로세로비, 지면효과, 날개와 펜스사이의 거리가 날개의 공력특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 연구결과 지면 및 펜스 모두 항공기 날개의 양력을 증가시켰으며 지면효과와 달리 펜스는 날개의 항력에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다. 가변스팬 메커니즘이 플랩사용이 제한되는 상황에서 효과적인 고양력 장치로 사용가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1161-1169
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• 2012

지면효과를 받는 3차원 대칭단면 날개(NACA0015)의 공력특성과 끝단와(wing-tip vortex)의 거동에 관하여 수치적 연구를 수행하였다. 날개가 지면에 근접함에 따라 공기 역학적 특성과 끝단와의 거동은 두 가지 상이한 현상(지면효과와 벤츄리효과)에 의하여 영향을 받는다. 지면효과는 양력을 증가시키며 항력을 감소시켜 공기역학적 특성을 향상시키는 반면 벤츄리효과는 음의 양력을 만들고 항력을 급격히 증가시킨다. 대칭형 익형은 받음각에 따라 이러한 현상이 모두 나타난다. NACA0015의 경우 받음각이 4도 보다 작은 경우 벤츄리효과가 지배적이며 받음각이 이 보다 큰 경우 지면효과가 지배적으로 나타난다. 특이하게 4도에서는 이 두 가지 현상이 모두 나타났다. 벤츄리효과가 지배적인 경우 지면과 날개 사이의 흡입현상의 증가로 인하여 끝단와는 날개의 안쪽으로 끌려 들어오는 반면 지면효과가 지배적인 경우 끝단와는 날개의 바깥쪽으로 밀려나가는 현상을 알 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.110-119
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• 2011

Numerical and experimental studies were performed to investigate the aerodynamic performance of a thin wing in close vicinity to the ground. The vortex lattice method (VLM) was utilized to simulate the wing in ground (WIG) effect, which included freely deforming wake elements. The numerical results acquired through the VLM were compared to the experimental results. The experiment entailed varying the ground clearance using the DHMTU (Department of Hydromechanics of the Marine Technical University of Saint Petersburg) wing and the WIG craft model in the wind tunnel. The aero-dynamic influence of the design parameters, such as angles of attack, aspect ratios, taper ratios, and sweep angles were studied and compared between the numerical and experimental results associated with the WIG craft. Both numerical and experimental results suggested that the endplate augments the WIG effect for a small ground clearance. In addition, the vortex lattice method simulated the wake deformation following the wing in the influence of the ground effect.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.55-64
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• 1997

A wing operating in close proximity to the ground exhibits a reduction in induced drag, which increase the lift/drag ratio. The poert-augmented ram (RAR) phenomenon involves directiing the efflux from forward mounted propulsion ststem under the wings, with the efflux nearly stagnated under the wings. In the present paper, 3 dimentional PAR was numerically studied by solving the Navier-Stokes equations. Pressure distribution and velocity vectors are calculated around the wing surface and the ground. Through the numerical simulation, Cp values and lift/drag ratio are carefully reviewed by changing the height/chord; 0.05, 0.1, 0.3 and 0.8. The shape of model is NACA 0012 with a span/chord ratio of 3.0. According to the numerical results, the relationship between lift/drag and height/chord is fairly reasonable.