Parametric study on formation flying effectiveness for a blended-wing UAV

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dc.contributor.authorShin, Hyo-Sang
dc.contributor.authorAntoniadis, Antonis F.
dc.contributor.authorTsourdos, Antonios
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-04T13:51:06Z
dc.date.available2018-05-04T13:51:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-26
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates aerodynamic performance improvements of formation flight at transonic speeds for a medium size Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The metric for assessing the aerodynamic improvement of formation flight is the computed drag. The total drag for each formation configuration is compared with a single UAV, where a final drag reduction percentage is estimated. The evaluation of the aerodynamic performance is conducted by employing an in-house Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver, grid generation and post processing tools. For critical understanding of the tendency of the formation efficiency depending on main parameters, broad formation configurations are analysed. The parameterisation includes number of aircraft, proximity and formation shape. Full realisation of the benefit predicted would need to be proven in the real world, but there is sufficient confidence to suggest that it exist: the empirical parametric analysis suggests that formation flight can improves aerodynamic performance and formation configuration greatly influence the degree of improvement.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationShin, HS., Antoniadis, A.F. & Tsourdos, A. Parametric study on formation flying effectiveness for a blended-wing UAV. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, February 2019, Volume 93, Issue 1–2, pp. 179–191en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0921-0296
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-018-0842-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13188
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectFormation flyingen_UK
dc.subjectCFD analysisen_UK
dc.subjectAerodynamic improvementen_UK
dc.subjectDrag reduction percentageen_UK
dc.subjectFormation configuration matrixen_UK
dc.titleParametric study on formation flying effectiveness for a blended-wing UAVen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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