Small scale unmanned aerial vehicles using multirotor propulsion systems have received
considerable attention for a wide range of military and commercial applications in recent …

A better prediction of key aerodynamic parameters of a propeller is necessary to improve the
performances of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in different operating environments. In …

In this work, we conduct a numerical investigation of a hexacopter for urban air mobility,
emphasizing the interactional effect between different components of the vehicle on the …

Wind turbulent disturbance is one of the critical challenges to flying unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs); especially when the size, weight, and power on board such aircraft are …

The present work deals with the modeling of the aerodynamic sound generated by the
propellers of small-size drones, taking into account the effects of horizontal forward flight …

The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is gaining attraction in the development
of modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), but few research has been made on …

From small drones to large Urban Air Mobility vehicles, the market of vertical take-off and
landing (VTOL) aircraft is currently booming. Modern VTOL designs feature a variety of …

A comprehensive multirotor noise assessment framework is developed to predict the noise
of rotational-speed-controlled rotor configurations in real-time. The key objectives are to …

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 …

The study provided a base of comparison of known computational techniques with different
fidelity levels for performance and noise prediction of a single, fixed-pitch UAV rotor …