Numerical Simulation of Hose Whip Phenomenon in Hose-Drogue Aerial Refueling

作者：Chen, Lele^*; Liu, Xueqiang; Qin, Ning

来源：Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2018, 10(3): 517-528.

DOI：10.4208/aamm.OA-2016-0006

• Aerial refueling
• hose-drogue
• whip phenomenon
• multi-body system
• numerical simulations

The study of hose whip phenomenon is a significant part for further researching dynamic characteristics of hose-drogue system during the aerial refueling operation. The hose whip phenomenon in hose-drogue aerial refueling is simulated based on a high-efficiency neighbor-to-neighbor algorithm. The Osher scheme and SA turbulence model are employed to solve the compressible Navier-Stokes equations, and the hose is discretized into a series of ball hinges linked by massless rigid links which form a multi-body system, the kinematical and dynamic equations are then derived for the system. The numerical model is used to simulate the hose-drogue system dynamics in multiple conditions, the results show a good correlation with previously reported flight-test data in open literature and the application of neighbor-to-neighbor algorithm saves a lot of computational cost. Results of this study may have certain guiding significance for the probe-and-drogue aerial refueling.

• 出版日期2018-6
• 单位南京航空航天大学; 常州工学院