28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS2012-P2.18

MANEUVERABILITY OF AN UAV WITH COANDA EFFECT BASED LIFT PRODUCTION

N. Mirkov, B. Rasuo
Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords: coanda effect, unmanned aerial vehicle, computational fluid dynamics, 6-dof model

Paper presents a CFD study of axially-symmetric body representing an UAV using Coanda effect for producing lift. We show a maneuverability study of such an UAV under flow conditions denoted as asymmetric Coanda effect. Results are aimed at developers of this flight technology through various guidelines and recommendations.

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