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Catharina Moreira, Nikolai Herzog and Christian Breitsamter
Recent developments in electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles show the need for a better understanding of transient aero-mechanical propeller loads for non-axial inflow conditions. The variety of vehicle configurations conceptualized w...
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Andry Sedelnikov, Evgenii Kurkin, Jose Gabriel Quijada-Pioquinto, Oleg Lukyanov, Dmitrii Nazarov, Vladislava Chertykovtseva, Ekaterina Kurkina and Van Hung Hoang
This paper describes the development of a methodology for air propeller optimization using Bezier curves to describe blade geometry. The proposed approach allows for more flexibility in setting the propeller shape, for example, using a variable airfoil o...
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José Azinheira, Reginaldo Carvalho, Ely Paiva and Rafael Cordeiro
This paper proposes a new kind of airship actuator configuration for surveillance and environmental monitoring missions. We present the design and application of a six-propeller electrical airship (Noamini) with independent tilting propellers, allowing i...
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Alessandro Capone, Francisco Alves Pereira and Fabio Di Felice
The design of super-cavitating propellers takes advantage of the development of air cavities on the blades? surface to reduce drag and, ultimately, increase efficiency. The mechanism of flow modification induced by the development of a cavity on the prop...
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Jianfeng Zhu, Guochen Huang, Maoguang Xu, Ming Liu, Bo Diao and Po Li
Combined with the development trend of high speed generators and the high voltage of DC microgrids in high-power series hybrid aero propulsion system, a set of hybrid systems with a power of 200 kW, voltage of 540 V, and speed of 21,000 r/min is establis...
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Omkar Walvekar and Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy
A conceptual framework is presented to determine the improvement in the aerodynamic performance of a canard aircraft fitted with distributed propellers along its main wing. A preliminary study is described with four airframe?propeller configurations pred...
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Hyung-Gon Lee, Ok-Hwan Yu, Sang-Lyeol Kim, Jung-Hoon Kang and Kyoung-Soon Shin
Global ecological concern regarding the transfer of fouling organisms to ship hulls is increasing. This study investigated the species composition, dominant species, distribution patterns, community structure, and life-cycle differences of hull-fouling m...
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Danilo Ciliberti, Pierluigi Della Vecchia, Vincenzo Orticalco and Fabrizio Nicolosi
The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of the aero-propulsive effects on a UAV wing model with distributed propulsion. An array of three propellers is placed ahead of the leading edge of a rectangular wing with flap. The investigation was performed ...
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Nicola Russo, Aniello Daniele Marano, Giuseppe Maurizio Gagliardi, Michele Guida, Tiziano Polito and Francesco Marulo
Multirotors are gaining great importance in the layout of innovative and more agile mobility. In this framework, a possible solution to developing an aircraft complying with the stringent size requirements characterizing this type of application may be a...
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Manaf Muhammed and Muhammad Shakeel Virk
Ice accretion on rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (RWUAVs) needs to be studied separately from the fixed-wing UAVs because of the additional flow complexities induced by the propeller rotation. The aerodynamics of rotatory wings are extremely challen...
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