Numerical Simulation of Propeller Slipstream Effect on A Propeller-driven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Weijia Fu,Jie Li,Haojie Wang +2 more
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In this article, patched grid technology and RANS equations are applied to the simulation of viscous flow filed of isolated propeller and a propeller-driven solar UAV and the result shows that propeller slipstream alter the pressure distribution of the wing, which increase the lift and drag coefficients of the UAV.About:
This article is published in Procedia Engineering.The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 14 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Slipstream & Propeller.read more
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Development and Validation of a Propeller Slipstream Model for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Waqas Khan,Meyer Nahon +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the propeller slipstream, also called prop wash, is modeled for high-angle-of-attack flight, aerobatic maneuvering, vertical/short takeoff and landing, etc., of small unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Conceptual Design of Electric Aircraft with Distributed Propellers: Multidisciplinary Analysis Needs and Aerodynamic Modeling Development
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Propeller slipstream model for small unmanned aerial vehicles
TL;DR: In this article, a slipstream model that takes into account both the acceleration and diffusion phenomena via simple analytical and semi-empirical equations to predict induced velocity accurately up to ~ 8 - 10 propeller diameters downstream of the propeller plane is presented.
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Investigation of the Aerodynamic Performance of a DG808s UAS in Propeller Slipstream using Computational Fluid Dynamics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an aerodynamic analysis of UAVs using CFD and show that the lifting surface in Propeller Slipstreams and Aircraft Tail Interaction can be modeled as a straight line.
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Compressible lifting surface theory for propeller performance calculation
TL;DR: In this paper, a new integral equation for propeller steady aerodynamic analysis is presented that generalizes wing kernel function methods to include effects of rotation and multiple blades, and the kernel of the integral equation is valid in a single form for the case, typical of propfans (advanced technology, many bladed propellers which operate at high cruise Mach number), where the blade section relative speeds are subsonic at the roots and supersonic at tip.
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Experimental and numerical study of the propeller/fixed wing interaction
TL;DR: A complementary experimental and computational investigation of the interaction between a propeller and a fixed wing is reported in this article, where the experimental investigation is conducted on a propellers/nacelle wing configuration at low subsonic speeds.
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Unsteady CFD Simulations of Propeller Installation Effects
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of unsteady CFD simulations have been conducted for a set of generic isolatedand installed-propeller configurations at low-speed flight conditions, and a detailed analysis and comparison of the forces acting on the wing and the propeller is performed.
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Propeller Empennage Interaction Effects on Vertical Tail Design of Multiengine Aircraft
TL;DR: In this article, a potential-flow model for conceptual design and vertical tail sizing purposes, currently under development, has been applied and tested in an investigation of the influence of the propeller slipstream on the empennage flowfield.
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Numerical Analysis of the Interference Effect of Propeller Slipstream on Aircraft Flowfield
Qin E,Guowei Yang,Fengwei Li +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the contraction effect of the three-dimensional propeller slipstream and its inµ uence on the aircraft moment performance was considered in the computation of a single and multiple propeller aircraft.