Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Numerical Simulation of Body-Fluid-Structure Interactions For a Flexible Stabilizer Attached to Free Flying Object

Authors
Meysam Mohammadi Amin 1
Abolfazl Kiani 2
1 ARI
2 Aerospace Research Institute
Abstract
In this paper, three-dimentional numerical analysis of mutual effects of free oscillations of an inherent unstable body with flexible stabilizer attached to it, is performed in subsonic viscous flow. For solving fluid dynamics, finite volume method using a computational fluid dynamics software is done and for analysis of structure deformation, Euler-Bernouli cantilever beam theory is implemented in the computer code. For analyzing the fluid-structure interaction, iterative partitioned coupling algorithm is used for interrelation and data exchange between structure and fluid sections. With inserting the equations of body dynamic motion into the simulation code and coupling these solvers, the ultimate computational framework is formed that can be implemened to capture Body-Fluid-Structure Interactions. The results of different simulations shows that without the flexible stabilizer, the oscillations of free flying body will grow towards instability. Morover, if the center of mass goes rearward with respect to the nose, and with increasing the flow speed, the oscillations intensity of body will grow. The obtained results are useful for the stabilization of the free flying bodies that need to be stable during flight stages or must be oriented specially in landing phase e.g. reentry vehicles.
Keywords
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Viscous Flow
Beam Model
Partitioned Algorithm
Free Oscillation
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Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME
Volume 21, Issue 2 - Serial Number 55
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Spring 2019
Pages 155-177

  • Receive Date 20 November 2018
  • Revise Date 07 February 2019
  • Accept Date 20 October 2019