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Rohan S. Sharma and Serhat Hosder
The intent of this work was to investigate the feasibility of developing machine learning models for calculating values of airplane configuration design variables when provided time-series, mission-informed performance data. Shallow artificial neural net...
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Zhiping Li, Yujiang Lu and Tianyu Pan
DPS (distributed propulsion system) utilizing BLI (boundary-layer ingestion) has shown great potential for reducing the power consumption of sustainable AAM (advanced air mobility), such as BWB (blended-wing body) aircraft. However, the ingesting boundar...
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Samya Ettoumi, Yongjie Zhang, Bo Cui and Jingpiao Zhou
In this study, a finite element approach was used to analyze the PRSEUS-based undamaged wing structure of a civil aircraft with a blended-wing-body configuration. The displacement, stress, and strain distribution of the PRSEUS wing structure were studied...
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Spyridon Antoniou, Stavros Kapsalis, Pericles Panagiotou and Kyros Yakinthos
The current study investigated the effect of leading-edge slats on the longitudinal stability at high angles of attack of a Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). Using a Design of Experiments (DOE) approach and, specifically, the Taguchi me...
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Xiaotian Niu, Jie Li, Heng Zhang and Zhao Yang
The aileron is one of the most important tools for adjusting the roll attitude of the aircraft, but the surface flow state of the aileron is likely to be affected by high-lift devices. In this paper, by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation...
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Wenyuan Zhao, Yanlai Zhang, Peng Tang and Jianghao Wu
Motivated by outstanding aerodynamic performance and limited emissions, the blend-wing-body (BWB) aircraft equipped with a distributed propulsion (DP) system has become a possible layout for civil aircraft in the next generation. Due to the strong aero-p...
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Kelei Wang and Zhou Zhou
This paper describes the aerodynamic design and assessment of a blended-wing?body (BWB) configuration under the distributed electric propulsion (DEP) installation constraints. The aerodynamic design rationale and process is described, as well as how the ...
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Charalampos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Mitridis and Kyros Yakinthos
In this study, the conceptual design of an unmanned ground effect vehicle (UGEV), based on in-house analytical tools and CFD calculations, followed by flow control studies, is presented. Ground effect vehicles can operate, in a more efficient way, over c...
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Pengtao Shi, Feng Liu, Yingsong Gu and Zhichun Yang
A flight test platform is designed to conduct an experimental study on the body freedom flutter of a BWB flying wing, and a flight test is performed by using the proposed platform. A finite element model of structural dynamics is built, and unsteady aero...
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Pericles Panagiotou, Thomas Dimopoulos, Stylianos Dimitriou and Kyros Yakinthos
The current study presents a low-fidelity, quasi-3D aerodynamic analysis method for Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) configurations. A tactical BWB UAV experimental prototype is used as a reference platform. The method utilizes 2D pa...
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