Configuration for vertical take-off and landing system for aerial vehicles

A Evulet - US Patent 11,001,378, 2021 - Google Patents
A vehicle, includes a main body. A fluid generator is coupled to the main body and produces
a fluid stream. At least one tail conduit is fluidly coupled to the generator. First and second …

Foundations of circulation control based small-scale unmanned aircraft

K Kanistras, MJ Rutherford, KP Valavanis - Intelligent Systems, Control …, 2018 - Springer
Research and development in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has witnessed
unprecedented levels of growth during the last decade. Despite different points of view with …

Configuration for vertical take-off and landing system for aerial vehicles

A Evulet - US Patent 10,464,668, 2019 - Google Patents
A vehicle, includes a main body. A fluid generator is coupled to the main body and produces
a fluid stream. At least one fore conduit and at least one tail conduit are fluidly coupled to the …

Low Speed Wind Tunnel Investigation of a Circulation Control Wing for Enhanced Lift

K Kanistras, PC Saka, KP Valavanis… - 33rd AIAA Applied …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
Active flow control systems in aerodynamics have been under investigation as far back as
the 1930's. 1, 2 Evaluating their benefits through wind tunnel testing offers cost/time …

Configuration for vertical take-off and landing system for aerial vehicles

A Evulet - US Patent 11,148,801, 2021 - Google Patents
A vehicle, includes a main body. A fluid generator is coupled to the main body and produces
a fluid stream. At least one tail conduit is fluidly coupled to the generator. First and second …

Ejector and airfoil configurations

A Evulet - US Patent 10,875,658, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A propulsion system coupled to a vehicle. The system includes an ejector
having an outlet structure out of which propulsive fluid flows at a predetermined adjustable …

Experimental study on aerodynamic properties of circulation control airfoil with plasma jet

Y Zhang, D Zhang, L Li, W Zheng, H Luo - The Proceedings of the 2018 …, 2019 - Springer
An experimental study on the circulation control around a modified NCCR1510-7067N airfoil
is presented. The plasma-induced wall jet is achieved by the use of Dielectric Barrier …

Development of a framework for a circulation control-based unmanned aerial vehicle

PC Saka, K Kanistras, KP Valavanis… - 2016 IEEE Aerospace …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The focus of this paper is on the design, development and evaluation of a framework for a
fixed-wing UAV to achieve efficient Circulation Control-based (CC) flights. The research …

Aerospace Applications of Pneumatic Dynamic Systems

CML Griffith - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This thesis develops a design strategy for pneumatic dynamic systems driven by component-
centric modification. It seeks to fill the gap between simplified pneumatic analysis and …

Design and Development of a Control Scheme for the UC2AV: Unmanned Circulation Control Aerial Vehicle

C Rosen, K Kanistras, P Saka, K Valavanis… - 55th AIAA Aerospace …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
This research focuses on the development of a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control
scheme for Circulation Control (CC) applications on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), with …