27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-3.8.1

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF A ROTATING CYLINDER WITH SPANWISE DISCS

N. Thouault, C. Breitsamter, J. Seifert*, C. Badalamenti**, S. A. Prince**, N. A. Adams
TU Munich, Germany; *Bauhaus Luftfahrt e. V., Germany; **City Univ., UK

Keywords: rotating cylinder, vortex shedding, spanwise discs, urans

Known as the Magnus effect, lift is generated on a cylinder rotating in a transverse flow. The addition of endplates and spanwise discs may improve considerably the configuration performance and could constitute a technical solution for UAVs. The aerodynamic potential of this solution is evaluated with state-of-the-art CFD methods

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