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The Numerical Study Of Aeroacoustics Performance Of Wings With Different Wavelength Leading-Edge Tubercles, Youjie Zhang
The Numerical Study Of Aeroacoustics Performance Of Wings With Different Wavelength Leading-Edge Tubercles, Youjie Zhang
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The leading-edge tubercle is a type of airfoil modification that inspired by the humpback whale. It was found that the aerodynamic performance of the wing would increase compared to the wing without tubercles. In the past several years, a lot of numerical and experimental studies have been accomplished to explore this leading-edge modification. Besides the aerodynamic performance change, this research explores the aeroacoustics behavior of airfoils with leading-edge tubercles. A numerical study based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is established, and simulations using Star CCM are accomplished based on reasonable set-ups. The airfoil chosen to create the wing is NACA …
Investigating Ground Interactions Of A Rotocraft Landing Vehicle On Titan, Adam Rozman
Investigating Ground Interactions Of A Rotocraft Landing Vehicle On Titan, Adam Rozman
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The exploration of celestial bodies has recently advanced from rovers to rotorcraft. This includes the recent flights of Mars Ingenuity and the upcoming Dragonfly mission to explore the terrain of Saturn’s moon Titan as part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program. Flight-based landers can travel quickly to sites kilometers apart and land in complex terrain. Although cruise conditions for these rotorcrafts are well understood, studies are necessary to understand take-off and landing. In ground effect conditions, a rotor wake impinges and reflects off the ground, creating changes in aerodynamics such as increased lift. Additionally, operating over loose surfaces, the rotors can …
Analysis Of Nozzle Expansion Characteristics In Supersonic Retro-Propulsion, Gonzalo Montoya
Analysis Of Nozzle Expansion Characteristics In Supersonic Retro-Propulsion, Gonzalo Montoya
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Supersonic retro-propulsion (SRP) is defined as rocket propulsion used to decelerate aerospace vehicles at supersonic speed. SRP is often used as a method of high-speed deceleration on space vehicles. The main method of propulsion used in the application of SRP is rocket propulsion. Rocket engine thrust and performance changes with altitude and expansion ratio. Changing altitudes across the trajectory of a rocket affect how the exhaust plume shock waves expand. Being able to identify how different expansion ratios affect the exhaust plume flow fields would provide useful data on how SRP performance can be predicted. This research projects aims at …
Development Of Lifting Line Theory For The Fanwing Propulsion System, Christopher Kaminski
Development Of Lifting Line Theory For The Fanwing Propulsion System, Christopher Kaminski
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The FanWing propulsion system is a novel propulsion system which aerodynamically behaves as a hybrid between a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft, and if the knowledge base with regards to this novel concept can be fully explored, there could be a new class of aircraft developed. In the current research, only 2D CFD studies have been done for the FanWing, hence the 3D lift characteristics of the FanWing have been unknown thus far, at least in the theoretical domain. Therefore, it was proposed to develop a modified Prandtl's Lifting Line Theory numerical solution and a CFD solution, comparing the …