Advances in aerodynamic and propulsive efficiency of future aircraft can be achieved by
strategic installation of propellers near the airframe. This paper presents a robust and …

In recent years, various helicopter manufacturers have been focusing increasingly on the
development of new high-speed rotorcraft configurations, one of them being the compound …

The determination of a suitable sensor location on quadrotor drones is a very important
issue for chemical reconnaissance platforms because the magnitude and direction of air …

An unbalanced propeller can affect a quadcopter's performance due to vibration, also
decreasing its thrust's yield. Analyses were conducted to determine the correlation between …

In some situations, a vortex is involved in the inflow of a propeller, eg a ground vortex or a
vortex shed from the upstream parts of the airframe of the aircraft. In order to study the impact …

The influence of the vortex impingement location on the aerodynamic and acoustic response
of a rotating blade during an orthogonal interaction is studied by means of computational …

This paper presents a computational study of the dynamic response of the fan blade owing
to the excitations from the ingested ground vortex when the turbofan engine is operating on …

This paper describes the design maturation of an electric vertical take-off and landing
(eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility. This work aims to build upon previous work on the …

The wake vortex of lifting surfaces such as wind turbine blades or fixed-wing aircraft can
heavily affect the blade aerodynamics of rotorcraft. Using blade element theory, the pilot …

Summary Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a leading technique that allows flow velocity
measurements in two-and three-dimensional domains. PIV is a fullfield, non-intrusive and …