TY  - JOUR
A1  - Neu, Eugen
A1  - Janser, Frank
A1  - Khatibi, Akbar A.
A1  - Braun, Carsten
A1  - Orifici, Adrian C.
T1  - Operational Modal Analysis of a wing excited by transonic flow
JF  - Aerospace Science and Technology
N2  - Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) is a promising candidate for flutter testing and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of aircraft wings that are passively excited by wind loads. However, no studies have been published where OMA is tested in transonic flows, which is the dominant condition for large civil aircraft and is characterized by complex and unique aerodynamic phenomena. We use data from the HIRENASD large-scale wind tunnel experiment to automatically extract modal parameters from an ambiently excited wing operated in the transonic regime using two OMA methods: Stochastic Subspace Identification (SSI) and Frequency Domain Decomposition (FDD). The system response is evaluated based on accelerometer measurements. The excitation is investigated from surface pressure measurements. The forcing function is shown to be non-white, non-stationary and contaminated by narrow-banded transonic disturbances. All these properties violate fundamental OMA assumptions about the forcing function. Despite this, all physical modes in the investigated frequency range were successfully identified, and in addition transonic pressure waves were identified as physical modes as well. The SSI method showed superior identification capabilities for the investigated case. The investigation shows that complex transonic flows can interfere with OMA. This can make existing approaches for modal tracking unsuitable for their application to aircraft wings operated in the transonic flight regime. Approaches to separate the true physical modes from the transonic disturbances are discussed.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2015.11.032
SN  - 1270-9638
VL  - 49
SP  - 73
EP  - 79
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hoeveler, Bastian
A1  - Janser, Frank
T1  - The aerodynamically optimized design of a fan-in-wing duct
T2  - Applied Aerodynamics Research Conference 2016, Bristol, GB, Jul 19-21, 2016
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 1-85768-371-4
N1  - G1-3-paper.pdf
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hoeveler, B.
A1  - Bauknecht, André
A1  - Wolf, C. Christian
A1  - Janser, Frank
T1  - Wind-Tunnel Study of a Wing-Embedded Lifting Fan Remaining Open in Cruise Flight
JF  - Journal of Aircraft
N2  - It is investigated whether a nonrotating lifting fan remaining uncovered during cruise flight, as opposed to being covered by a shutter system, can be realized with limited additional drag and loss of lift during cruise flight. A wind-tunnel study of a wing-embedded lifting fan has been conducted at the Side Wind Test Facility Göttingen of DLR, German Aerospace Center in Göttingen using force, pressure, and stereoscopic particle image velocimetry techniques. The study showed that a step on the lower side of the wing in front of the lifting fan duct increases the lift-to-drag ratio of the whole model by up to 25% for all positive angles of attack. Different sizes and inclinations of the step had limited influence on the surface pressure distribution. The data indicate that these parameters can be optimized to maximize the lift-to-drag ratio. A doubling of the curvature radius of the lifting fan duct inlet lip on the upper side of the wing affected the lift-to-drag ratio by less than 1%. The lifting fan duct inlet curvature can therefore be optimized to maximize the vertical fan thrust of the rotating lifting fan during hovering without affecting the cruise flight performance with a nonrotating fan.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.C035422
SN  - 1533-3868
VL  - 57
IS  - 4
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  -