...Gang Wang; Yukun Wang; Guosheng Xu; Qihui Zhang; Kun Wang; Honghao Yue; Miao Wu Purpose Based on a novel foldable tandem wing unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ), the effects of symmetrical and asymmetric airfoil on the aerodynamic characteristics of tandem deformed wings were studied. Design...

... is carried out. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of the variable trailing edge on the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing, based on the NACA2413 wing as the basic airfoil, the aerodynamic characteristics of the basic wing and the lobster-like variable...

... coupling methodology. Additionally, the trim characteristics of the UH-60 rotor are calculated based on the isolated rotor trim algorithm. Findings The simulation results show that air-sand flow significantly affects the aerodynamic characteristics of the SC1095 airfoil and the SC1094R8 airfoil...

...Andrzej Krzysiak; Robert Placek; Aleksander Olejnik; Łukasz Kiszkowiak Purpose The main purpose of this study was to determine the basic aerodynamic characteristics of the airliner Tu-154M at the wide range of the overcritical angles of attack and sideslip angles, i.e. α = −900° ÷ 900...

...Andrzej Krzysiak; Dawid Cieśliński; Robert Placek; Pawel Kekus Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of two parallel boosters fixed to the ILR 33 AMBER 2 K core rocket stage on its aerodynamic characteristics in the subsonic and transonic regimes and for M = 2.3. Design...

... to the specific lift and drag aerodynamic characteristics. This paper aims to propose a model-based comprehensive analysis method to investigate this unique aerodynamic. Design/methodology/approach To investigate this unique aerodynamics, a model-based comprehensive analysis method is proposed. This method...

...Tianyu Lu; Juanmian Lei; Xiaosheng Wu; Jintao Yin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the ability of the harmonic balance method for predicting the aerodynamic characteristics of rigid finned spinning vehicle. Design/methodology/approach The aerodynamic characteristics of a rigid...

...Mohammad Saeed Seif; Mohammad Tavakoli Dakhrabadi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a fast, economical and practical method for mathematical modeling of aerodynamic characteristics of rectangular wing in ground (WIG) effect. Design/methodology/approach – Reynolds averaged...