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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2016.44.9.759

Design and Performance Analysis of Propeller for Solar-powered HALE UAV EAV-3  

Park, Donghun (Pusan National University)
Hwang, Seungjae (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Kim, Sanggon (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Kim, Cheolwan (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Lee, Yunggyo (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.44, no.9, 2016 , pp. 759-768 More about this Journal
Abstract
Design and performance analysis of propeller for solar-powered HALE UAV, EAV-3 are conducted. Experiment points of design variables are obtained by using Design of Experiment(DOE) and Kriging meta-model is generated for objective and constraints function. The geometry of propeller is designed by evaluating the response surface with requirement and restrictions. The validity of the design is verified by meta-model based optimization. Computational analyses are carried out by using commercial CFD code and the results are compared with those from a design code and wind tunnel test. The results showed good agreement with predictions of the design code at the design altitude. Also, it is confirmed that the blockage effect due to the measurement device and support strut is included in the test data and the results including this effect compare well with the test data.
Keywords
Propeller; HALE UAV; CFD; Blockage Effect; Low Reynolds Number;
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