TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical Simulation of Hose Whip Phenomenon in Hose-Drogue Aerial Refueling
AU - Chen , Lele
AU - Liu , Xueqiang
AU - Qin , Ning
JO - Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
VL - 3
SP - 517
EP - 528
PY - 2018
DA - 2018/10
SN - 10
DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2016-0006
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/12223.html
KW - Aerial refueling, hose-drogue, whip phenomenon, multi-body system, numerical simulations.
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p>