VKI-GRAIN Lecture Series

Advanced Methods and Tools for Reducing Environmental Impacts in Aeronautics Design for Aircraft and Aero-engines

Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium (near Brussels)

4 – 6 July 2011

The lecture series is co-organized by the Von Karman Institute (VKI), the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE) and the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), in association with the EU-China co-funded Support Action GRAIN (Greener Aeronautics International Networking) of the 7th Research Framework Programme.

 

 

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Summary

The continuous increase of global air transportation generates an increasing use of hydrocarbon fuel with growing emission of CO2 and NOx. Aircraft operations cause an impact to the atmosphere by the emission of greenhouse gases and by the formation of contrails.

In 2000 the “Vision 2020 for European Aeronautics” has set the goals for greener aeronautics performances: 80% reduction in NOx emissions, 50% reduction in CO2 emissions per passenger / kilometer, and a 50% reduction of perceived noise. More recently, new goals were defined in the “Flightpath 2050” document released at the 6th European Aeronautics Days (Aerodays 2011) held in Madrid March 30 – April 2, 2011. "Flightpath 2050" is a high-level vision of Europe leading to an aviation industry that is clean, competitive, safe and secure. By 2050, passengers and freight should enjoy efficient and seamless travel services, based on a resilient air transport system thoroughly integrated with other transport modes and well connected to the rest of the world. It should also help to reduce aviation’s impact on citizens and the environment. Aviation has an important role to play in reducing noise as well as greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of traffic growth. Aviation must move towards more sustainable energy sources. The "Flightpath 2050" strategy should live up to the highest levels of safety and security to ensure that passengers and freight as well as the air transport system and its infrastructure are protected.

In its Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) the Advisory Council for European Aeronautics research (ACARE) identified the key Greening Technologies needed for achieving the vision expressed in these documents.

These Greening Technologies are the main subjects of the present VKI-GRAIN Course: in depth lectures will be delivered on the state of the art of advanced methods and tools for modeling, large scale simulation (HPC), experimental validation, advanced materials applications and structural design for mastering the challenges in critical environmental areas. The course will also organize case studies in aeronautics/aero-engines for a better understanding of emission reduction effects of aircraft/aero-engine design on the climate, noise and waste impact.

The course will involve scientific and technological experts from Europe and China in the field of aircraft and aero-engine design. The targeted audience is composed of young engineers from industry as well as PhD candidates and researchers from Universities and government laboratories. Extensive course material will be provided (handouts of the slides).

As a conclusion, this course has a high educational value to attending young engineers and scientists involved in the field of multi-physics and applications related to environmental aspects.

Lecture Series Directors:
H. Deconinck (local coordinator, VKI, Belgium), J. Periaux (CIMNE, Spain), HUA Jun (CAE, China), YI Xiaosu (BIAM/CAE, China), G. Bugeda (CIMNE, Spain), S. Oller, (UPC, Spain),

Scientific/Technical Committee
- NOX emission reduction:
I. Poll (Cranfield University, UK), XU Huasheng (GTE/CAE, China)
- CO2 emission reduction:
D. Quagliarella (CIRA, Italy), DUAN Zhuoyi (FAI/CAE, China)
- Noise emission reduction:
Ch. Schram (VKI, Belgium), SUN Xiasheng (ASRI/CAE, China)
- Environmentally friendly materials and structures:
D. Amentia (LEITAT, Spain), YI Xiaosu (BIAM/CAE, China)
- Advanced High Performance Computing:
T. Nguyen (INRIA, France), BAI Wen (CAE, China)

EC Scientific Officer is Dr. D. Knoerzer (DG Research & Innovation - Aeronautics) and CAE project Manager is Dr. LUO Shilu (Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE)).

Logistics/Scientific Secretariat
Chinese contact (CAE):     Mrs. MA Jieping, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
European contact (VKI):     Mrs. Dominique Landuyt, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
GRAIN secretariat (CIMNE): Dr. Jordi Pons, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The logistic organisation of the Course is the responsibility of the von Karman Institute having a large experience in organizing qualified tutorial lecture series.

Programme

The 5 themes of the Lecture Series are identified as follows:

• KGT1: reduction of NOX emission
• KGT2: reduction of CO2 emission
• KGT3: reduction of noise emission
• KGT4: environmentally friendly materials
• KGT5: advanced High Performance Computing (HPC)

Color codes given to the speakers:

Red: Chinese speakers
Blue: European speakers

Monday 4 July 2011

• 09:00 - 09:30 
  Introduction VKI H. Deconinck
  Welcome address D. Knörzer (EC DG Research Aeronautics, HUA Jun, Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE) and J. Periaux (CIMNE, Spain)

Session 1 Chairman D. Knörzer

• 09:30 - 10:10 
  Bruno Stoufflet, Dassault Aviation, France, "Strategies for Greener Aircraft technologies"
• 10:10 - 10:50 
  HUA Jun, CAE, "On the progress of Chinese Civil Aviation"
• 10:50 - 11:20  Coffee break

Session 2 Chairman YI Xiaosu, BIAM

• 11:20 - 12:00    
  KGT4: P. Camanho, U. Porto, Portugal, "Advanced polymer composites for lightweight aircraft structures"
• 12:15 - 13:50   
  Lunch

Session 3 Chairman HUA Jun

• 13:50 - 14:30    
  KGT1: ZHANG Man, ACAE, "Numerical Investigation of Lean Premixed Prevaporized Combustion with Pilot Diffusion Flame in a Model Low NOx Emission Combustor"
• 14:30 - 15:10    
  S. Oller, CIMNE/UPC, Spain, "Advanced model for finite element analysis of composite materials"
• 15:10 - 15:40    
  Coffee break
• 15:40 - 16:20    
  KGT2: T. Verstraete, VKI, Belgium, "Propeller optimization for greener aircraft"
• 16:20 - 17:00   
  KGT5: K. Hillewaert, CENAERO, Belgium, "Discontiunous Galerkin Method for advanced large-scale simulations in aeronautics"
• 17:00 - 18:30    
  Welcome reception in the VKI restaurant

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Session 4a Chairman H. Deconinck, VKI

Session 4b Chairman YI Xiaosu, BIAM

• 09:00 - 09:40      
  Session 4a, KGT2: REN Yuxin, Tsinghua University, "High order numerical method and its applications in flow control study"
  Session 4b, KGT4: J.A. Santelli, LEITAT, Spain, "Challenges in environmentally-friendly polymers. An industrial point of view"
• 09:40 - 10:20       
  Session 4a, KGT3: Ch. Schram, VKI, Belgium, "Modeling aircraft noise sources through aeroacoustic analogies"
  Session 4b, KGT4: YI Xiaosu, BIAM, "Natural materials for air transportation, an international joint efforts"
• 10:20 - 10:40    
  Coffee break
• 10:40 - 11:20    
  Session 4a, KGT3: WANG Jinjun, BUAA, "Applications of Mechanical/Plasma Gurney Flap in Lift-Enhancement and Noise Reduction"
  Session 4b, KGT4: J. Dekker, AIRBORNE, Netherlands, "State-of-the-art of composite manufacturing processes"
• 11:20 - 11:50   
  Session 4b, KGT4: XUE Lixin, CAS, "Advanced Polymeric Materials From and For Greener Processes"
  Session 4a, KGT3: Yan Qun, ASRI, "Measurement, Control Methods and Design strategy for aircraft noise reduction-- new developments in China"
• 11:50 - 12:30   
  Session 4a, KGT5: Devaiah Nalianda Karumbaiah, Cranfield U., UK, "TERA as a Modelling Tool for Reducing Environmental Impact through Design Performance Assessments for aicraft and engines"
• 12:30 - 13:50   
  Lunch
• 13:50 - 15:00   
  Visit to VKI Wind tunnel facilities
• 15:00  - 15:20    
  Coffee break

Session 5 Chairman J. Periaux, CIMNE/UPC

• 15:20 - 16:00  
  KGT5: ZHOU Lei, ACTRI, "Ongoing developments of parallel CFD research in ACTRI"
• 16:00 - 17:00   
  KGT2: Nico Gauger, RWTh Aachen, Germany, "Advanced CFD and one shot/goal oriented optimization for drag reduction in aeronautics"
• 19:30
• Lecture Series dinner in the center of Brussels at restaurant:
  Millesime
  Eugène Cattoirstraat 5
  1050 City of Brussels
  0476 56 56 07
  http://www.restaurantmillesime.be - See Millesime on google map
  

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Session 6 Chairman J. Periaux, CIMNE/UPC

• 09:00 - 09:40       
  KGT2: NING Qin, U. Sheffields, UK, "Controlling Shock Waves on Natural Laminar Flow Wings for Drag Reduction"
• 09:40 - 10:20       
  KGT2: R. S. Donelli, CIRA, Italy, "Drag Reduction through Natural Laminar Flow. State of the Art and Next Developments"
• 10:20 - 10:40    
  Coffee break
• 10:40 - 11:20   
  CKGT5: CHEN Jianjun, ZJU, "Enabling Environments for Large-Scale Numerical Simulations and Its Applications in CFD"
• 11:20 - 12:00   
  KGT2: K. Kontis, U. Manchester, UK, "Development and application of energy deposition systems to aerodynamic flow control"
• 12:00 - 12:40   
  KGT1: DENG Yuanhao, GTE, "Research and Development of Single-dome Lean-Burn Low NOx Combustor"
• 12:40 - 14:00   
  Lunch

Session 7 Chairman H. Deconinck, VKI

14:00 - 15:00   
KGT2 and KGT5: A. Abbas, Airbus, Spain, "Aerodynamic technologies for more effective, environmentally friendly air transport system"

15:00 - 15:30   
KGT3: LIU Guozheng, ARI, "Progress on drag prediction and reduction for aircraft"

15:30  - 16:00   
Coffee break

Session 8 Chairman J. Periaux, CIMNE/UPC

16:00 - 17:00    
Final Panel Discussion

17:00           
Closing of the Lecture Series

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