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June 2011
EREA Associated Members:EREA Full Members:
CIRA ItalyDLR GermanyFOI SwedenILOT PolandINCASRomania
AIT AustriaVKI BelgiumVTT FinlandEREA Affiliate Members:AFIT Poland
INTA SpainNLR NetherlandsONERAFranceVZLU CzechRepublic
BREAKDOWN OF EREA 2009 EXPENDITURES FOR INTRAMURAL R&T,D
EREA IN NUMBERS - COMPARISON 2007, 2008, 2009
total expenditures for Intramural R&T,D aeronautics missiles space other aerospace other
1190 547 56 229 326 32
46% 5% 19% 27% 3%
year 2007 2008 2009
employees 4,500 4,360 5,000
internalaeronauticsresearch 366M€ 375M€ 625M€ *
annualinvestments 160M€ 175M€ 178M€
annualrevenuesfromEUprojects 44M€ 45M€ 52M€
numberofPhDthesis/year 190 170 175
numberofpublications 6,500 6,260 7,000
publishedinrefereedjournals 880 1,080 1,088
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aeronautics 46%other aerospace 27%
space 19%
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aeronautics:meansAirframesforaeroplanes,helicoptersandgliders,groundinstallations,pistonen-gines,turboprops,turbojets,jetengines,equipmentfortest,groundtrainingequipment,systemstobeinstalledinaircraft,theirsubsystemsandparts.Missiles:meansairframesfortacticalandballisticmissiles,groundinstallations,engines,equipmentfortest,groundtrainingequipment,systemstobeinstalledinmissiles,theirsubsystemsandparts.Space:meansairframesforspacevehicles,satellites,launchers,groundinstallations,rocketenginesorother,equipmentfortest,groundtrainingequipment,systemstobeinstalledinspacevehicles,satellites,launchers,theirsubsystemsandparts.Other Aerospace:meansconsultingAssessmentexcl.R&T,Devactivities.Other:meansothersectorslikeenergy,armament,groundtransportationetc.
Withalmost5000scientistsandengineersEREAre-searchestablishmentsrepresentamajorplayer in thesupplychain.ThescientificexcellenceofEREAmem-bersisshownthroughthemassivenumberofmorethan7 000 publications and almost 200 number of yearlyPhD thesis. Annual investments to RT&D and annualrevenues fromEUprojectsare inter-yearlyequally in-creasing.
institutional support
TOTAL: 1 190 M€
REAL-TIME OVERVIEW OF FIRES ASSISTED BY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS
EREA CONTRIBUTION TO THE “COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUNDING”
Whenfirefightersarriveatthesceneofamajorforestorheathfire,theyneedtoobtainsituationalawarenessinformationasquicklyaspossible:whatistheexactlocationofthefireandwherearefellowfire-fighterslocated?Atpresent,thisinformationiseitherlackingorfiredepartmentcommandersre-ceivethisinformationrelativelylate.
Tosolvethisproblem, theNationalAerospaceLaboratory(NLR)and itspartnersinitiatedtheFire-Flyproject,inwhichfiredepartmentcommandersarepresentedwithreal-timeoverviewimageryoftheareawheretheforestfireislocated.Thisinformationcanthenbedisseminatedtocrisiscentres,thepolice,andotherfiredepartmentsandfire-fightersinthefield.OnWednesday,11May,thefiredepartmentsofSafetyRegionNorthandSouthGelderland,togetherwith theFire-Flyprojectpartners,demonstratedremotecontrolledaircraftandhelicoptersthatallowfirestobemoreeffectivelyfought.
ThefiredepartmentsofSafetyRegionNorthandSouthGelderlandarestudyingthepossibilitiesforunmannedaerialobservationsystemsandde-termining if these can be integrated with the fire departments’ informationsystems.TheFire-Flyprojectpresentsfiredepartmentcommanderswithareal-timeoverviewof incidents.Acameraonboardsends images tocrisiscentres,thepolice,andotherfiredepartmentsandfire-fightersinthefield,
sothatthefirecanbemoreeffectivelyfought.ThankstoFire-Fly,thefirede-partmentperformsmoreefficientlyandpeopleandresourcescanbemoreeffectivelydeployed.
Inthisproject,NLRisresponsibleforthetechnicalimplementationoftheobservationsystem,which includessystemdesignanddatastorage.Alsoparticipating in the project are Nieuwland, Delft Dynamics, Geodan andVNOG.
TheconsortiumofNLR,Nieuwland,DelftDynamics,GeodanandVNOGwilldemonstratethefinalproduct.
TheprojectfallsundertheauspicesoftheSocialInnovationAgenda(MIA)Safety.NLAgencyisimplementingthisschemeonbehalfoftheDutchgo-vernment.
Airtransport,afundamentalelementoftheUnion’sLisbonstrategy,has
provenitselfamajorcontributortotheEuropeaneconomy,supportingindu-
stryaswellasresearch,academicandpoliticalcommunities.Furthermore,
technologicalleadershipisbecomingakeyissuetomaintaincompetitive-
nessinaglobaleconomywithemergingcountriesplayinganincreasingly
relevantrole.
EREAResearchEstablishments,throughhighinvestmentsinresearch,
highlyskilledresearchersandengineersingoodcooperationbetweenin-
dustry,researchandacademia,contributeinsustainingtheEuropeantech-
nologicalleadershipinAeronauticsthatisbecomingmoreandmoreakey
issuetomaintaincompetitivenessinaglobaleconomywithemergingcoun-
triesplayinganincreasinglyrelevantrole.
MoreoverEREAResearchEstablishments,withtheirresearchandtest
InfrastructuresrepresentanessentialassetintheResearchandInnovati-
oncycle,beingabletotransformbasicscientificresearchknowledgeinto
competitiveproducts.
TheEREAStudyonAirTransportSystem,completed in the last year
andpresented to theAeronauticsCommunity during theAeroweek, and
wellreceivedbytheCommission,wasafirstsignificantcontributiontothe
developmentof theguidelinesof thenewCommonStrategicFramework
forResearchandInnovation,andtheCommissionOfficersarelookingwith
someinteresttotheoutcomeofthefollowonstudyEREAisproducingin
thesemonths.
AftertheCommissionpublishedonFebruary,the9ththeGreenPaper–
“FromChallengestoopportunitiestowardsaCommonStrategicFramework
forEUResearchandInnovationfunding”andopenedapublicconsultation
onthekeyissuestobetakenintoaccountforfutureEUResearchandInno-
vation programmes, the Research Establishments have been discussed
theirideasinthe“adhoc”WorkshoporganizedinMadrid,andagreedaco-
mmonpositionthatwasfiledbothansweringthequestionnaireandsending
totheCommissionthe“EREAPositionPaperonfutureCommonStrategic
FrameworkforResearchandInnovationfunding”.
TheEREAcommonpositiondocument,highlightstheneedforlongterm
politicalagendaswheneverdevelopmentshave longcyclesfromideasto
market(asforAeronauticsandAirtransport)andtheimportancetobuildthe
futureCSFuponassessmentofachievementsinFP7andongoingresearch
programmestoguaranteeprogressandsuccessofEuropeanpolicies,su-
ggestingtoextensivelyapplythe“ACARE-likeapproach”tootherIndustrial
sectors,basedonthequiteimportantresultsobtained.
InordertomaintainEuropeanleadershipinresearchandinnovation,it
isimportantthattheentireinnovationprocess,frombasicresearch,upto
systemdemonstrationwill besupported,EREA recommendationsare to
maintainabalancedapproachbetweentop-downandbottom-upresearch
projects,andalso tokeepthesuccessful instruments(fromCollaborative
Researchprojects,toJTIsandotherPPPs)thatguaranteedgoodsuccess
andestablishedclosecooperationbetweenallresearchstakeholders(Uni-
versity,Research,IndustryincludingSMEs);moreoverintheaimtosupport
highertechnologyreadinesslevels(TRLs),anewandmoretechnicallyori-
entedfocusneedstobeusedunderESFRItoidentify,developandupgrade
infrastructuresdevotedtotestingandtechnicaldevelopment.
LastbutnotleastEREAcouldhaveakeyroleIncaseEUwillfundJoint
ProgrammingInitiativesbetweengroupsofMemberStates:anEREAJoint
TechnicalProgramme,aslaiddownintheEREAJointPositionPaperand
theassociationagreement (jointmanagingofprogrammesand facilities),
wouldbeawaytoefficientlyexploithumanresources,technicalexpertise,
researchanddemonstration infrastructures toachieveoptimisationof re-
searchand innovation results, reinforcingcooperationbetweenResearch
Establishments and achieving national and European funds going in the
samedirectionregardingresearchandinnovationgoals.
ThiseditionofEREANewslettersummer2011waseditedandprintedbyVZLU-
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FULL AERODYNAMIC DESIGN AND TESTINGNowadays, the estimation of
aerodynamic coefficients ispo-
ssible to do by a few manners
withusageofvariousempirical,
computational methods (panel
methods, CFD), wind tunnel
tests and flight measurements.
Atthepresenttimeispossibleto
observethetrendofthesubsti-
tutionofthemajorpartwindtunneltestingbytheadvancedCFDmethods.
Onlyafinalgeometry ismeasured inwind tunnel.Thisgeometrywasde-
signedandoptimizedbytheCFDmethodswhichreducetimeandthefinan-
cialdemandonthedevelopment.Thefinalpartofdevelopmentprocedureis
avalidationofpreviousprojectphasesbyflighttest.
Definingthestabilityandcontrolcharacteristicsofanairplaneareprobably
oneofthemostdifficultandmostexpensiveaspectsofanaircraftdevelop-
ment.Thedifficultiesarepartiallyduetothefactthatthestabilityandcontrol
phaseofdesignisextendedtotheveryendofthedevelopmentprocessand
sometimesevenbeyondit,causingoccasionallyunexpectedandexpensive
twistsalongtheprojectpathsrequiringchangesontheaircraft.Sincethese
canoccurintheverylatestagesoftheproject,theyareveryexpensiveand
oftencomewithdetrimentaleffecttotheexpectedperformance.Itistherefore
ofutmostimportancetobeabletopredictStabilityandcontrolcharacteristics
oftheaircraftintheearlystagesofitsdevelopment.
CFDresultofflowseparationonthecanard
aircraftmodelinthewindtunnel
Individualtypesofmethodswerestepbystepappliedonthedevelopment
ofthesmallunconventionalaircraft(fromhandbookmethoduptoflighttest).
Thehandbookandpanelmethodsprovideveryquickresponseonanygeo-
metricalchangesofpreliminarydesignof theaircraft.Theaccuracyof this
methodislowerthanCFDmethodorwindtunneltest.Ontheotherhandis
sufficientonthisearlystageofthisprocess.Withongoingstageoftheproject
itisneededtoimprovecurrentresults.CFDmethodswereusedforimproving
inputs forflightmechaniccalculation.Followingstep isusuallywind tunnel
measurementwhichprovidesthemostaccurateresultsofstaticaerodynamic
coefficientsanddampingderivativesaswell.
Flighttestisabranchofaeronauticalengineeringthatdevelopsandga-
thersdataduringflightofanaircraftandthenanalyzesthedatatoevaluate
theflightcharacteristicsoftheaircraftandvalidateitsdesign.Flighttestwas
focusedonestimationofaerodynamicparametersanddeterminationofflying
qualities.
Software forcalculationofnonlinearflightmechanicswasdevelopedon
basis of aircraft
design procedu-
re. This program
solvesflightstabi-
lityandcontrolla-
bilityusingresults
fromotherstages
ofprocess. If this
procedure is fo-
llowed step by
stepitwillreduce
timeandfinancial
demands on the
development.
modelduringflighttest
comparisonofflightmeasuredandestimatedparameters;aerodynamicderivationsvs.
stepsofoptimization
Torendertheairmovementsvisible,theflowinthewindtunnelmuchbeseededwithveryfinesubmicronicparticles,andillumina-tedbyalaserlightsheet.Theseparticlesfollowthestreamlinesofthevortex,andscatterthelaserlightreachingthecameradetector.
The raw imagephotography (figure1)wasobtainedwhilede-veloping theDoppler GlobalVelocimetry technique (DGV).DGVcanbeusedtoestablishtheflowvelocityatallpointsofthezoneilluminatedbythelaserandtodrawamapofvelocity(figure2).
DopplerGlobalVelocimetryisaplanarlaservelocimetrytech-niquebasedontheDopplerEffect.Themeasurementareaisma-terializedbyalasersheet,thelightscatteredbyseedingparticlesisfrequency-shiftedwithregardtotheincidentlight.TheparticlevelocityisthencalculatedfromthesimplifiedDopplerformula:
wheref0isthelaseremittedfrequency,Vthespeedofthepar-ticleandcthespeedofthelight.
This optical technique has been used successfully in thesubsonic F2 wind tunnel for the investigation of wake vortex
DGV, DOPPLER GLOBAL VELOCIMETRY OR THE PHOTO-GRAPHY OF VELOCITY BY LASER
Over the past few years, ONERA has performed DGV (Doppler Global Velocimetry) measurements in wind tunnels, testing di-fferent configurations with the aim of improving the technique and making it available in an industrial context.
Figure1-Photograph,takeninF2windtunnel,ofthewakevortexofanaircraftattheendoftheairfoil.DopplerGlobalVelocimetryisusedtomeasurethe
velocityofflowateachpointofaplane,illuminatedbylaser.
Figure2-MapoftheintensityofthevelocityofthewakevortexobtainedbyDGV.Thevelocitygetshighertowardthecentreofthevortex.
ofawingmodel.Another experiment has been carried out in the F1 subsonic
windtunnel forwakevortexcharacterizationofanaircraft in lan-dingconfiguration.
The comparison of the results obtained by DGV to those ob-tainedbyclassicalopticalmethodssuchasLDVisverysatisfacto-ryandhasdemonstratedthegoodaccuracyofDGV.DGV today
Today, DGV is getting more and more mature in wind tunnelapplications, but it is also in competition with another velocime-try optical method, the Particle Image Velocimetry. (PIV), whichdoesnotusethecoherencepropertiesoflaserlight:andwhichis,moreeconomicalandlesscomplextoimplement,whilerequiringpowerfulcomputers.However, forsomeuses,DGVhasdecisiveadvantages,suchas:pointmeasurementsathighrate,measure-mentofthevelocityofdropletsinaspray,three-componentathighsupersonic,etc…
MoreoverDGVisatechniquewithgreateducationalvalueandisstillpopularwithstudents.
Thereareseveralforcesandmomentsactingonthestructureoftheairplaneduringitsflightindisturbedearth’satmo-sphere.Becauseofthenatureoftheinteractions,theycanbedividedinto two groups. First group of airframe loadings is connected withthe influenceof themediumsurroundingandaffecting theexternalsurfacesoftheairplane.Secondone,speakinggenerally,internalin-teractionsoftheairframeandelasticityforces.Boththeycreateaero-elasticity.
Varyingloadingsfromflowdisturbancescausechangingaerodyna-micloads.Thisleadtoliftingsurfacesvibrations(wings,tailplane)aswellasbiggerassemblieslikeaircrafttailwithtailplane.Farthermore,forcesproducedbywingvibrationsare transferred through joints tothefuselageinducingitsbendingor/andtwistingcausingprematurewearandtearofelementsandassemblies.DeflectionsofwingalongtheairplanenormalaxisOzcanproduceadditionalforcesonaileronswhichmaydeliverbiggerwingdeflectionsandloadsinlateralcontrolsystem.Exceedingpermissibleloadsduringflightmayleadtoperma-nentairframedeformation.Loadssurpassingmaximumpermissibleloadingcauseairframefailureandcrash.
Spatialmotionoftheairplanetreatedasa6DOFrigidbodyisde-scribed by a system of twelve nonlinear ordinary differential equa-tions. Solving it employs approximate methods based on computertechnology.Anassumptionismadethatalloftheairframeelementsoccupyinvariantpositiontowardoneanotherthroughthewholetimeoftheanalysis.Thisisonesufficientconditiontodeterminemassandaerodynamic forcesandmomentscoefficientsactingon theaircraftduringsteadyflight.
In order to analyze the influence of wing transverse vibrations,using the computer code solving motion equations, many cases oflifting surfaces vibrations may be simulated. Because of complexstructureof thewingcausingdifficulties inestimatingvibrationsfre-quenciesandamplitudesandalackofairplanein-flightexperimentaldata,someofmentionedabovevalueswereevaluated.
During conducted simulations, originally airplane performs rectili-nearsteadyflightwithgivenconstantspeedinsmoothconfiguration.Theinitialturbopropenginesthrustinanalyzedtimewasdeterminedonthebaseofsteadyflightcondition.Staticpitchingmomentiscom-pensatedby thehorizontal control surfacedeflectiondependingontheflightspeed.Thesystemoftwelvenonlinearordinarydifferentialequationswasusedtoperformanalysis.
In the wing vibration simulation the model of M28“Bryza” Polish
medium utility airplane with strut-braced wing was used. Along thespan,thewinghasvaryingcross-sectionareas(differentmomentsofinertia),massaswellasvaryingaerodynamicloads.Someassumpti-onweremadeinordertosimplifythemodelofwingvibrations.Ben-dingmomentcauseswing„paraboliclike“deflection.Thewingoscilla-teswithgiven frequencyandamplitude. Ineach iteration,averticalcomponentzelofwingelementpositionandverticalvelocityVzareevaluated.Foreachwingelementthecoefficientsofdrag,lift,pitchingmomentaredetermined.
On thebasisof thenumerical simulation results, it ispossible tostatethatdisturbednumericalmodelofM28“Bryza”airplaneremainsstablebecausethemotionparametersreturntotheirsprimaryvalues:longitudinalstabilityvelocity,AOAandpitchanglereturntofixedvalues; lateralstability rollanglereturnsto “0” andyawangle isstabilizedatthecertainlevel.
Itcanbefoundthatthe“incounter-phase”wingvibrationshavecon-siderableinfluenceonflightparameters.Becauseofthelongitudinaland lateralmotionscoupling,arisingside-slipangleproducebiggerparametersvariations. Inbothcases,a littlealtitude loss isnoticed.During thewingvibrations, thereareoscillationsofallmotionpara-meters, resulting inunfavourableworkconditions formanyonboardsystems,forinstanceautopilotsystem.
THE INFLUENCE OF WING TRANSVERSE VIBRATIONS ON DYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF AN AIRCRAFT
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PART OF THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH DLR.
Δf=f0/c(V)