Location
Salt Lake Community College
Start Date
5-8-2006 9:50 AM
Description
A numerical lifting line method, coupled with a numerical blade element method, is presented as a low computational cost approach to modeling slipstream effects on a finite wing. This method uses a 3D vortex lifting law along with known 2D airfoil data to predict the lift distribution across a wing in the presence of a propeller slipstream. The results are of significant importance in the development of an aerodynamic modeling package for initial stages of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft design. An overview of the algorithm is presented, and results compared with published experimental data.
A Numberical Vortex Approach to Aerodynamic Modeling of SUAV/VTOL Aircraft
Salt Lake Community College
A numerical lifting line method, coupled with a numerical blade element method, is presented as a low computational cost approach to modeling slipstream effects on a finite wing. This method uses a 3D vortex lifting law along with known 2D airfoil data to predict the lift distribution across a wing in the presence of a propeller slipstream. The results are of significant importance in the development of an aerodynamic modeling package for initial stages of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft design. An overview of the algorithm is presented, and results compared with published experimental data.