03.1 - Aerodynamics – CFD Methods and Validation
INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF AN INBOARD PROPELLER’S VERTICAL OFFSET ON A TRAILING WING’S LIFT AND DRAG DISTRIBUTIONS
S.S. Chauhan¹, G. Padovany da Silva, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; G.L. Olichevis Halila, Embraer, Brazil; J.R.R.A. Martins¹, J.L.F. Azevedo, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço, Brazil; ¹University of Michigan, United States
We use a gradient-based approach to investigate wing optimization with propeller-wing interaction for a wing with a large tilt-rotor-sized tip propeller. To the best of our knowledge, there are no published studies for this. Initially, we show optimization results for a simple wing with one and two propellers using the CFD code and gradient-based-optimization tools that we are using for this work.