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Design and Analysis of Generic UAV Composite Winglet Structures
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-7150
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is defined as an aerial vehicle that do not require any pilot onboard and can be operated autonomously. A generic UAV is taken for study in this process. The induced drag which is caused by wingtip vortices has a great impact on the aircraft’s performance. Hence, winglets are designed and installed onto aircrafts to minimize vortex formation. This paper describes the simulation performed on RONCZ 1046 airfoil prototype (with and without winglet) using CFD simulation. The main objectives of the analysis were to enhance the performance of UAV by adding aerodynamic winglets and also carry out structural design and analysis on UAV’s composite winglets. In this research, the cant angle of the winglet is varied (0°, 45°, 60°) and flight parameters such as lift, drag, vortex intensity are observed. The ANSYS Fluent is used to perform flow simulation and Abaqus to perform structural simulation on different wing models. For flow simulation, the aerodynamic characteristics (lift, drag, vortex intensity) were compared and it was found that the blended winglet with 60° cant angle had the best overall performance. For structural analysis, the solid winglet had much better performance in terms of lower displacement and stress when subjected to load.
Design and Analysis of Generic UAV Composite Winglet Structures
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-7150
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is defined as an aerial vehicle that do not require any pilot onboard and can be operated autonomously. A generic UAV is taken for study in this process. The induced drag which is caused by wingtip vortices has a great impact on the aircraft’s performance. Hence, winglets are designed and installed onto aircrafts to minimize vortex formation. This paper describes the simulation performed on RONCZ 1046 airfoil prototype (with and without winglet) using CFD simulation. The main objectives of the analysis were to enhance the performance of UAV by adding aerodynamic winglets and also carry out structural design and analysis on UAV’s composite winglets. In this research, the cant angle of the winglet is varied (0°, 45°, 60°) and flight parameters such as lift, drag, vortex intensity are observed. The ANSYS Fluent is used to perform flow simulation and Abaqus to perform structural simulation on different wing models. For flow simulation, the aerodynamic characteristics (lift, drag, vortex intensity) were compared and it was found that the blended winglet with 60° cant angle had the best overall performance. For structural analysis, the solid winglet had much better performance in terms of lower displacement and stress when subjected to load.
Design and Analysis of Generic UAV Composite Winglet Structures
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-7150
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is defined as an aerial vehicle that do not require any pilot onboard and can be operated autonomously. A generic UAV is taken for study in this process. The induced drag which is caused by wingtip vortices has a great impact on the aircraft’s performance. Hence, winglets are designed and installed onto aircrafts to minimize vortex formation. This paper describes the simulation performed on RONCZ 1046 airfoil prototype (with and without winglet) using CFD simulation. The main objectives of the analysis were to enhance the performance of UAV by adding aerodynamic winglets and also carry out structural design and analysis on UAV’s composite winglets. In this research, the cant angle of the winglet is varied (0°, 45°, 60°) and flight parameters such as lift, drag, vortex intensity are observed. The ANSYS Fluent is used to perform flow simulation and Abaqus to perform structural simulation on different wing models. For flow simulation, the aerodynamic characteristics (lift, drag, vortex intensity) were compared and it was found that the blended winglet with 60° cant angle had the best overall performance. For structural analysis, the solid winglet had much better performance in terms of lower displacement and stress when subjected to load.
Design and Analysis of Generic UAV Composite Winglet Structures
J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C
Bakhai, Mit Piyush (author) / Rifat, Ahsan Habib (author)
Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C ; 104 ; 967-977
2023-10-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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