Overview
- Offers an overall step-by-step design process that enables readers to design and integrate their own CC designs
- Treats numerous plots and figures of CFD, wind-tunnel and flight data explain the concepts and demonstrate their efficacy
- Targets specifically the integration of this technology with small-scale UAVs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering (ISCA, volume 91)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on using and implementing Circulation Control (CC) - an active flow control method used to produce increased lift over the traditionally used systems, like flaps, slats, etc. - to design a new type of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft that are endowed with improved aerodynamic efficiency, enhanced endurance, increased useful payload (fuel capacity, battery cells, on-board sensors) during cruise flight, delayed stall, and reduced runway during takeoff and landing. It presents the foundations of a step-by-step comprehensive methodology from design to implementation and experimental testing of CoandÇŽ based Circulation Control Wings (CCWs) and CC system, both integral components of the new type of aircraft, called Unmanned Circulation Control Air Vehicle. The methodology is composed of seven coupled phases: theoretical and mathematical analysis, design, simulation, 3-D printing/prototyping, wind tunnel testing, wing implementation and integration, and flight testing. The theoretical analysis focuses on understanding the physics of the flow and on defining the design parameters of the geometry restrictions of the wing and the plenum. The design phase centers on: designs of CoandÇŽ surfaces based on wing geometry specifications; designing and modifying airfoils from well-known ones (NACA series, Clark-Y, etc.); plenum designs for flow uniformity; dual radius flap designs to delay flow separation and reduce cruise drag. The simulation phase focuses on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis and simulations, and on calculating lift and drag coefficients of the designed CCWs in a simulation environment. 3-D printing and prototyping focuses on the actual construction of the CCWs. Wind tunnel testing centers on experimental studies in a laboratory environment. One step before flight testing is implementation of the qualified CCW and integration on the UAV platform, along with the CC system. Flight testing is the final phase, where design validation is performed.
This book is the first of its kind, and it is suitable for students and researchers interested in the design and development of CCWs for small-scale aircraft. Background knowledge on fundamental Aerodynamics is required. Â Â
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Foundations of Circulation Control Based Small-Scale Unmanned Aircraft
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Methodology from Concept to Design and Experimental Testing
Authors: Konstantinos Kanistras, Kimon P. Valavanis, Matthew J. Rutherford
Series Title: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67852-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67851-1Published: 23 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88496-7Published: 01 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67852-8Published: 02 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2213-8986
Series E-ISSN: 2213-8994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 138
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Engineering Fluid Dynamics