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A Powered Lift Aerodynamic Analysis for the Design of Ducted Fan UAVs

Ignacio Cañas Guerrero, W. Kelly Londenberg, Paul Gelhausen, Arvid Myklebust

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This paper describes an aerodynamic prediction methodology that has been developed for ducted-fan vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air vehicle concepts. The resulting method is based on a parametric geometry model and semi-empirical aerodynamic methods. Sample results are compared to wind tunnel test data on a full-scale vehicle. The method has been integrated into a multidisciplinary design optimization computer program. NOMENCLATURE

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This paper describes an aerodynamic prediction methodology that has been developed for ducted-fan vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air vehicle concepts. The resulting method is based on a parametric geometry model and semi-empirical aerodynamic methods. Sample results are compared to wind tunnel test data on a full-scale vehicle. The method has been integrated into a multidisciplinary design optimization computer program. NOMENCLATURE

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This paper describes an aerodynamic prediction methodology that has been developed for ducted-fan vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air vehicle concepts. The resulting method is based on a parametric geometry model and semi-empirical aerodynamic methods. Sample results are compared to wind tunnel test data on a full-scale vehicle. The method has been integrated into a multidisciplinary design optimization computer program. NOMENCLATURE

Key concepts: Aerodynamics, Lift (data mining), Aerospace engineering, Computer science, Marine engineering, Aeronautics, Acoustics, Engineering

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