Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system

As fighter aircraft become more advanced, traditional air cycle systems have fallen short of meeting the complex environmental control requirements. Advanced fighters such as the F-22 Raptor have responded to these challenges by adopting integrated thermal management systems. These systems feature c...

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Main Authors: Junyuan Liao, Chunxin Yang, Han Yang
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X2401517X
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description As fighter aircraft become more advanced, traditional air cycle systems have fallen short of meeting the complex environmental control requirements. Advanced fighters such as the F-22 Raptor have responded to these challenges by adopting integrated thermal management systems. These systems feature complex thermodynamic processes and intricate information transmission pathways among various components, creating a sophisticated network structure. To unravel the complexity of such systems, this paper employs a blend of thermodynamics and information theory. We conduct multi-level analysis using structure entropy method and centrality algorithms to explore the information transmission characteristics within these thermodynamic systems. At the system level, we find that variation in environmental parameters have only a 1 % impact on order degree, whereas the influence from the system's own structure is more pronounced. At the component level, within the whole system, the varies components in AFT PAO and fuel loops emerge as critical hubs for information transmission. Among these components, the PAO/Fuel stands out as the most important, with closeness and betweenness centrality exceeding that of all other components by at least 11.5 % and 29.1 %. This study offers a theoretical foundation for the optimization of thermodynamic system structure and layout, viewed through the lens of information theory.
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spelling doaj-art-bed8d44c84f64349b248c35c91e59c4d2024-12-07T08:26:45ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2024-12-0164105486Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management systemJunyuan Liao0Chunxin Yang1Han Yang2School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, ChinaCorresponding author.; School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, ChinaAs fighter aircraft become more advanced, traditional air cycle systems have fallen short of meeting the complex environmental control requirements. Advanced fighters such as the F-22 Raptor have responded to these challenges by adopting integrated thermal management systems. These systems feature complex thermodynamic processes and intricate information transmission pathways among various components, creating a sophisticated network structure. To unravel the complexity of such systems, this paper employs a blend of thermodynamics and information theory. We conduct multi-level analysis using structure entropy method and centrality algorithms to explore the information transmission characteristics within these thermodynamic systems. At the system level, we find that variation in environmental parameters have only a 1 % impact on order degree, whereas the influence from the system's own structure is more pronounced. At the component level, within the whole system, the varies components in AFT PAO and fuel loops emerge as critical hubs for information transmission. Among these components, the PAO/Fuel stands out as the most important, with closeness and betweenness centrality exceeding that of all other components by at least 11.5 % and 29.1 %. This study offers a theoretical foundation for the optimization of thermodynamic system structure and layout, viewed through the lens of information theory.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X2401517XAdvanced fighterIntegrated thermal managementOrder degreeCentralityFuel weight penalty
spellingShingle Junyuan Liao
Chunxin Yang
Han Yang
Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Advanced fighter
Integrated thermal management
Order degree
Centrality
Fuel weight penalty
title Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
title_full Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
title_fullStr Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
title_full_unstemmed Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
title_short Order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
title_sort order degree and centrality analysis of advanced fighter environmental control system and thermal management system
topic Advanced fighter
Integrated thermal management
Order degree
Centrality
Fuel weight penalty
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X2401517X
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