Jana, Shuvrangshu and Kandath, Harikumar and Shewale, Mayur and Bhat, M. Seetharama (2019) Effect of propeller-induced flow on the performance of biplane micro air vehicle dynamics. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART G-JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING .
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Abstract
This paper presents the analysis of propeller-induced flow effects on the dynamics of a fixed wing biplane micro air vehicle. The analysis is based on wind tunnel tests and mathematical modeling. This analysis plays a pivotal role because the propeller-induced flow has significant effects on the dynamics of fixed wing micro air vehicle due to submergence of a large portion of the wing in propeller slipstream. Although the effect of the propeller-induced flow on the various aerodynamic parameter is reported in the literature; however, its effects on overall forces, moments and vehicle dynamics are not quantified so far. In this paper, propeller-induced flow effects are modeled as a function of motor rotation speed and mathematical analysis is performed to quantify their effects. The wind tunnel test is conducted at different propeller speeds on a biplane micro air vehicle ``Skylark'', having wingspan and chord length of 150 mm and 140 mm, respectively. Analysis of results shows that the propeller slipstream increases the overall lift, drag, side force, range, and endurance significantly. Propeller flow also contributes to the rolling moment and the pitching moment, while it has negligible effects on the yawing moment. It is shown that the trim angle of attack is lower when the propeller flow is considered in computing the trim conditions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART G-JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING |
| Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Keywords: | Propeller-induced flow; micro air vehicle; modeling; biplane; fixed wing |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2020 08:58 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2020 08:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/64114 |
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