Numerical Simulation of Water Spray Generated by Aircraft Multi-Wheels

Xiangshan Guan, Fei Xu, Muqiu Hu, Xuanqi Ren, Xianpeng Zhang

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Abstract

When the tire of aircraft landing gear passes through the contaminated runway, besides the side water spray, the water spray between the multi-wheels will collide and form the pattern similar to the tail of the rooster. This kind of water spray is called the cock tail flow. In this paper, numerical analysis is used to study the formation process of the cock tail flow caused by the main aircraft tires, and the water is simulated by smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. According to the results of numerical simulation, the pattern and velocity distribution of cock tail flow are analyzed. The effects of water depth, tire spacing and tire speed on the pattern and velocity distribution of cock tail flow are obtained, and the formation mechanism of cock tail flow is revealed. It is preliminarily verified that numerical simulation using SPH method can analyze the specific problems of the tire including different configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-105
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Volume35
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • cock tail flow
  • formation mechanism
  • pattern and velocity distribution
  • SPH
  • Water spray of multi-wheels

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