03.1 - Aerodynamics – CFD Methods and Validation
PERFORMANCE AND ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
R. Navarro¹, L.M. García-Cuevas¹, J. García-Tíscar¹, F.N. Ramírez¹; ¹Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Aircraft with distributed electric propulsion (DEP) have a strong interaction between the propulsion system and the airframe, which gives rise to interesting optimisation opportunities but significant design challenges. This paper presents a comparison of performance and noise emission calculations of an unmanned aircraft with DEP using different methods with increasing levels of fidelity.