Autonomous Flight in Hover and Near-Hover for Thrust-Controlled Unmanned Airships [PDF]
Drones, 2023 The ability of airships to fly in hover is a major plus of this category of flying vehicles. However, especially for the case of autonomous flight, this feature can be exploited only recurring to a carefully designed layout of the thrusters on board ...
Carlo Emanuele Dionigi Riboldi +1 more
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Aerodynamic Optimization of a Micro Quadrotor Aircraft with Different Rotor Spacings in Hover
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2020 In order to study the aerodynamic performance of the quadrotor with different rotor spacings in hover, experiments were performed together with numerical simulations. For experimental study, an experimental platform was designed to measure the thrust and
Yao Lei, HengDa Wang
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Comparative Study of Coaxial Main Rotor Aerodynamics in the Hover with the Usage of Two Methods of Computational Fluid Dynamics [PDF]
Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2021 The paper is focused on numerical modeling of the aerodynamic characteristics of a full-scale coaxial main rotor in hover. The simulation was performed using two approaches of computational fluid dynamics (CFD): the original free wake model (FWM ...
Sergey Gennadievich Konstantinov +3 more
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TWQH Attitude Control Experiments on Horizon Ground Simulator and Flight Test [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2020 This paper presents the results of two experiments on the Horizon ground simulator and outdoor flight test of TWQH hybrid UAV in presence of wind perturbation.
Stefan Eugen STOIAN +4 more
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A Computational Investigation of the Hover Mechanism of an Innovated Disc-Shaped VTOL UAV
Drones, 2023 Inventive approaches are constantly being revealed in the field of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configuration concepts and designs.
Samia Shahrin Ahmed Snikdha +1 more
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WMLES of flows around small-scale propellers - estimating aerodynamic performance and wake visualization [PDF]
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2023 Wall-modeled large-eddy simulation (WMLES) is an advanced mathematical model for turbulent flows which solves for the low-pass filtered numerical solution. A subgrid-scale (SGS) model is used to account for the effects of unresolved small-scale turbulent
Svorcan Jelena
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Numerical Study of Coaxial Main Rotor Aerodynamics in Steep Descent
Aerospace, 2022 Numerical studies of the aerodynamic characteristics of the coaxial main rotor of the Kamov Ka-32 helicopter in steep descent modes, including the area of the vortex ring state (VRS) modes, have been performed.
Pavel Makeev +2 more
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Investigation on Aerodynamic Noise Characteristics of Coaxial Rotor in Hover
Applied Sciences, 2022 A numerical method based on Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations and a high-efficiency trim model is developed to simulate the aerodynamics of a coaxial rotor.
Haotian Qi +3 more
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Micromachines, 2023 This study focused on the in-hover aerodynamics of a small rotor with a thin circular-arc airfoil and a convex structure at a low Reynolds number. The method combined computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the blade element momentum theory (BEMT).
Yao Lei +3 more
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The Aerodynamic Performance of a Novel Overlapping Octocopter Considering Horizontal Wind
Aerospace, 2023 This paper investigates the aerodynamic performance of an overlapping octocopter with the effect of horizontal wind ranging from 0 to 4 m/s using both low-speed wind tunnel tests and numerical simulations.
Yao Lei, Jie Wang, Yazhou Li
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