Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]

A thorough understanding of the aerodynamic behaviour of Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft is important because of its high lift to drag ratio. The use of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) has accelerated aerodynamic analysis of BWB aircraft. Steady-state, three-dimensional CFD calculations were ma...

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Main Author: Mohd Ihsan Mamat, Aman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and University Publication Centre (UPENA) 2008
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17567/1/AJ_AMAN%20MOHD%20IHSAN%20MAMAT%20JME%2008.pdf
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description A thorough understanding of the aerodynamic behaviour of Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft is important because of its high lift to drag ratio. The use of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) has accelerated aerodynamic analysis of BWB aircraft. Steady-state, three-dimensional CFD calculations were made of the BWB model using the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. Comparisons of aerodynamic characteristics such as lift coefficient, drag coefficient, pitching moment coefficient, pressure contours and Mach number contours were made both of two-dimensional aerofoil sections in the BWB model and a complete three-dimensional model. The lift coefficient distributions along the body and wing span were analyzed. The effect of changing the angles of attack and aerofoil profiles were investigated. The BWB design presented here has achieved an unprecedented capability in terms of sustainability of flight at high angle of attack, low parasite drag coefficient, efficient thrust required at optimum flight speed and acceptable margin of centre of gravity for trimmed flight at optimum speed without control surface interference.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:175672019-12-02T06:22:02Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17567/ Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.] jmeche Mohd Ihsan Mamat, Aman A thorough understanding of the aerodynamic behaviour of Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft is important because of its high lift to drag ratio. The use of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) has accelerated aerodynamic analysis of BWB aircraft. Steady-state, three-dimensional CFD calculations were made of the BWB model using the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. Comparisons of aerodynamic characteristics such as lift coefficient, drag coefficient, pitching moment coefficient, pressure contours and Mach number contours were made both of two-dimensional aerofoil sections in the BWB model and a complete three-dimensional model. The lift coefficient distributions along the body and wing span were analyzed. The effect of changing the angles of attack and aerofoil profiles were investigated. The BWB design presented here has achieved an unprecedented capability in terms of sustainability of flight at high angle of attack, low parasite drag coefficient, efficient thrust required at optimum flight speed and acceptable margin of centre of gravity for trimmed flight at optimum speed without control surface interference. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and University Publication Centre (UPENA) 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17567/1/AJ_AMAN%20MOHD%20IHSAN%20MAMAT%20JME%2008.pdf Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]. (2008) Journal of Mechanical Engineering (JMechE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Mechanical_Engineering_=28JMechE=29/>, 5 (2). pp. 15-26. ISSN 1823-5514 ; 2550-164X https://jmeche.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Mohd Ihsan Mamat, Aman
Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]
title Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]
title_full Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]
title_fullStr Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]
title_short Aerodynamics of Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / Aman Mohd Ihsan Mamat … [et al.]
title_sort aerodynamics of blended wing body bwb unmanned aerial vehicle uav using computational fluid dynamics cfd aman mohd ihsan mamat et al
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