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Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV

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dc.contributor.author Broughton, BA
dc.contributor.author Heise, R
dc.date.accessioned 2008-11-05T06:59:38Z
dc.date.available 2008-11-05T06:59:38Z
dc.date.issued 2008-10
dc.identifier.citation Broughton, BA and Heise, R. 2008. Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV. Royal Aeronautical Society Annual Applied Aerodynamics Research Conference. London, UK, 27-28 October 2008, pp 6 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508
dc.description Royal Aeronautical Society Annual Applied Aerodynamics Research Conference. London, 2008 en
dc.description.abstract A variable stability, blended-wing-body research mini-UAV was developed at the CSIR in South Africa. The purpose of the UAV was to study some of the aerodynamic design and control issues associated with flying wing geometries and to develop a practical methodology for aerodynamic optimisation of this class of UAV. Optimisation was performed in two phases – first optimisation of the planform shape and then the design of a family of optimised aerofoils. The approach was shown to be practical and gave interesting insight into the advantages and challenges of relaxing some of the flying qualities constraints during the aerodynamic design process en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Blended-wing-body en
dc.subject UAV en
dc.subject Aerodynamic optimisation en
dc.subject Aerodynamic design en
dc.subject Royal aeronautical society annual applied aerodynamics research conference 2008 en
dc.title Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Broughton, B., & Heise, R. (2008). Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Broughton, BA, and R Heise. "Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Broughton B, Heise R, Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Broughton, BA AU - Heise, R AB - A variable stability, blended-wing-body research mini-UAV was developed at the CSIR in South Africa. The purpose of the UAV was to study some of the aerodynamic design and control issues associated with flying wing geometries and to develop a practical methodology for aerodynamic optimisation of this class of UAV. Optimisation was performed in two phases – first optimisation of the planform shape and then the design of a family of optimised aerofoils. The approach was shown to be practical and gave interesting insight into the advantages and challenges of relaxing some of the flying qualities constraints during the aerodynamic design process DA - 2008-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Blended-wing-body KW - UAV KW - Aerodynamic optimisation KW - Aerodynamic design KW - Royal aeronautical society annual applied aerodynamics research conference 2008 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 T1 - Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV TI - Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508 ER - en_ZA


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