03 PhD DEFENSE Exergy Analysis of Innovative Aircraft with Aero propulsive Coupling
Channel: Epsilon Aerodynamic Analysis Tool
Date: 2022-08-26

PhD defense of Miguel Angel AGUIRRE (18th of February 2022)

This presentation summarizes the research activities carried out during the PhD. The objective was to improve the Arntz’s exergy formulation (that is suited for the aerodynamic analysis of CFD data) in order to obtain a wake-reduced method. The new formulation is suited for the analysis of both, CFD and wind tunnel data. This wake-reduced approach performs a physics-based breakdown to provide vital knowledge about the flow features, which allows understanding highly complex aerodynamic phenomena. The development of the formulation was firstly made by using CFD data of simple geometries (airfoils, wings and nacelles). Then, the new equations were applied for the study of CFD data of a complex close-coupled aero-propulsive configuration. Moreover, the aerodynamic model of this configuration was developed with a classical approach and used to evaluate the capabilities of the exergy analysis. Finally, a wind tunnel campaign was carried out in order to experimentally validate both, the new formulation and the aerodynamic model of the test case.

Find the PhD manuscript here:
https://depozit.isae.fr/theses/2022/2022_Aguirre_Miguel_Angel.pdf

This research work used Epsilon as Open Source aerodynamic analysis tool. Download the code here: 
https://epsilon-exergy.isae-supaero.fr/