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CFD analysis of ducted-fan UAV based on Magnus effect

  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle(UAV) has been developed quickly for decades and a new kind of VTOL(Vertical Take-Off and Landing)UAV which is called Ducted-Fan Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle attracts more and more attention. This paper presents a new structure of the ducted-fan UAV. In this vehicle, the actuator system consists of four rotary cylinders which are symmetrically installed at bottom of inside duct. The force used for attitude stabilization is generated by the interaction between the surface of cylinder and the downwash, which is known as Magnus effect. In this paper, the aerodynamic characteristics of propeller-wing interaction for the ducted fan UAV were simulated numerically based on the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) by means of sliding mesh technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012
Pages1722-1726
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 9th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20128 Aug 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012

Conference

Conference2012 9th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period5/08/128/08/12

Keywords

  • CFD
  • Ducted-fan UAV
  • Magnus effect

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