Publication Type : Conference Paper
Publisher : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings
Source : International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings , AIP, Volume 2134, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET), Thiruvananthapuram, India (2019)
Url : https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5120189
Campus : Coimbatore
School : Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering
Department : Aerospace
Year : 2019
Abstract : This work is conducted to study the aerodynamic benefits of the flexible morphing airfoil for small unmanned aerial vehicles. The flexible airfoil is divided along its chord and modelled as two cantilever beams. Fluid-structure simulation is conducted to morph the camber of the flexible airfoil and to generate the morphed airfoil geometries. Seven morphed airfoils of varying camber are generated and numerically tested in the operating Reynolds number of small unmanned aerial vehicles. Under the assumption of steady level flight, suitable morphed airfoils are selected and are found to show 1.74%-14.90% drop in the drag coefficient for the same lift coefficients.
Cite this Research Publication : Rajesh Senthil Kumar T., V, S., Thayalan K, Parthasarathi A, and Dr. Sivakumar V., “Aerodynamic benefits of flexible morphing airfoil for SUAV”, in International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Optimisation 2019, ICAMeO 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings , Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2019, vol. 2134, 1 vol.