Numerical simulation and experimental study of cabin-airflow and mass transport of dangerous goods in aircraft cargo compartments
- Using plastic jerrycans or plastic containers, dangerous goods are transported as air freight in commercial aircrafts. Liquids or gases can escape by leakage or permeation effects from these plastic containers. The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) conducted prior research which showed that the lower explosion limit can be reached when transporting dangerous goods in sea-freight containers under normal transportation situations. The presented study is motivated based on these findings. The research objective of this study is to analyze the transportation situation of dangerous goods in cargo compartments of commercial airplanes. The scope of this paper is to present the experimental method used for validating a numerical model for CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations and to present some simulation results of the mass transport of dangerous goods in the cargo compartment.
The velocity profiles and the mass transport is calculated usingUsing plastic jerrycans or plastic containers, dangerous goods are transported as air freight in commercial aircrafts. Liquids or gases can escape by leakage or permeation effects from these plastic containers. The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) conducted prior research which showed that the lower explosion limit can be reached when transporting dangerous goods in sea-freight containers under normal transportation situations. The presented study is motivated based on these findings. The research objective of this study is to analyze the transportation situation of dangerous goods in cargo compartments of commercial airplanes. The scope of this paper is to present the experimental method used for validating a numerical model for CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations and to present some simulation results of the mass transport of dangerous goods in the cargo compartment.
The velocity profiles and the mass transport is calculated using numerical simulations and measured by Laser-Doppler-Anemometry (LDA) experiments. The mock-up is a generic model of a wide-body aircraft lower deck cargo compartment in a 1: 10 scale. Geometry, air exchange rates and inlet as well as outlet flow conditions in the cargo compartment are modeled using realistic boundary conditions. The commercial CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code ANSYS CFX 14 is used for numerical flow simulations applying RANS (Reynolds-Averaged-Navier-Stokes) equations and turbulence models. The turbulence models studied are the renormalization group k-e-model (RNG), the BSL-Reynolds-Stress model (BSL) and the SST-k-co-model by Menter (SST).
The flow measurement with LDA in the mock-up of a cargo compartment proves to be a feasible method for producing data to validate CFD simulations. Qualitative evaluation of the results shows a good overall agreement between numerical and experimental results. The experimental validation indicates that the implemented CFD model is capable of reproducing the flow situation in the model mock-up…
MetadatenAutor*innen: | Malte Zur, Frank Otremba |
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Dokumenttyp: | Beitrag zu einem Tagungsband |
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Veröffentlichungsform: | Graue Literatur |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | ICCEE 2015 - International conference on civil engineering and environmental engineering |
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Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2015 |
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Erste Seite: | 1 |
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Letzte Seite: | 8 |
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Veranstaltung: | ICCEE 2015 - International conference on civil engineering and environmental engineering |
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Veranstaltungsort: | Tokyo, Japan |
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Beginndatum der Veranstaltung: | 03.02.2015 |
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Enddatum der Veranstaltung: | 05.02.2015 |
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Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") |
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Datum der Freischaltung: | 20.02.2016 |
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Referierte Publikation: | Nein |
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