Classifications, applications, and design challenges of drones: A review

M Hassanalian, A Abdelkefi - Progress in Aerospace sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Nowadays, there is a growing need for flying drones with diverse capabilities for both civilian
and military applications. There is also a significant interest in the development of novel …

Aerodynamic interactions of quadrotor configurations

D Barcelos, A Kolaei, G Bramesfeld - Journal of Aircraft, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
An advanced potential flow method is used to study the aerodynamic interactions between
small rotors of quadrotor configurations and the impact on the overall flight performance. The …

Uncoupled method for static aeroelastic analysis

W Scholten, D Hartl - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) analysis is often highly computationally expensive, making it
infeasible to conduct iterative aeroelastic design studies or rigorous optimizations. This work …

Methodologies for weight estimation of fixed and flapping wing micro air vehicles

M Hassanalian, A Abdelkefi - Meccanica, 2017 - Springer
One of the important steps in the sizing process of fixed and flapping wing micro air vehicles
(MAVs) is weight estimation of the electrical and structural components. In order to enhance …

Unsteady aerodynamics of a micro flapping rotary wing in forward flight

J Wu, H Yan, C Zhou, Y Zhang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Flapping rotary wing (FRW) is a promising wing layout applicable to micro air vehicles
design due to its capability in high lift production. Previous aerodynamic investigations of …

An uncoupled method for fluid-structure interaction analysis with application to aerostructural design

W Scholten, DJ Hartl - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Aeroelastic problems are commonly evaluated using tools such as fluid-structure interaction
(FSI) analysis. However, performing design studies or optimizations with FSI analysis is …

Decoupled effects of localized camber and spanwise bending for flexible thin wing

H Yu, U Ciri, AS Malik, S Leonardi - AIAA Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Investigated and revealed are new insights into the individual, decoupled effects of induced
camber and spanwise bending on the lift, drag, and endurance for an optimum flexibility …

Study of Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics for Low Aspect Ratio MAV Wing

TA Shams, SIA Shah, MA Ahmad - 2018 IEEE 21st International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aerodynamic research is primarily divided into two parts; fly higher, fly faster and fly low, fly
slow. This research is focused towards the later part of aerodynamic advancements, which …

[PDF][PDF] A Numerical Simulation and Aerodynamic Investigation of Air Flow around Supersonic Airfoil Profiles

MK Yeşilyurt, M Mustafaoğlu, İV Öner - International Journal of …, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
In this study, flow field analysis was performed to determine the aerodynamic coefficients for
the SC36210 and NACA0018 airfoil profiles in supersonic compressible flow at 2 Mach …

A novel uncoupled method for static aeroelastic analysis towards morphing structures design

WD Scholten - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis is a common tool used to analyze aeroelastic
problems. The traditional FSI scheme couples independent structure and fluid solvers in …