Broughton, BAHeise, R2008-11-052008-11-052008-10Broughton, 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 6http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508Royal Aeronautical Society Annual Applied Aerodynamics Research Conference. London, 2008A 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 processenBlended-wing-bodyUAVAerodynamic optimisationAerodynamic designRoyal aeronautical society annual applied aerodynamics research conference 2008Conference PresentationBroughton, B., & Heise, R. (2008). Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508Broughton, BA, and R Heise. "Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508Broughton B, Heise R, Optimisation of the Sekwa blended-wing-Body research UAV; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2508 .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 -