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http://dx.doi.org/10.14775/ksmpe.2022.21.05.053

A Study on Hovering Performance of Personal Air Vehicle According to Distance between Rotor Blade Axis via Computational Fluid Dynamics  

Yoon, Jaehyun (AID Company)
Noh, Wooseung (School of Mechanical and Material Convergence Eng., Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.)
Doh, Jaehyeok (School of Mechanical and Material Convergence Eng., Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers / v.21, no.5, 2022 , pp. 53-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the conceptual design and performance evaluation of a personal air vehicle (PAV) is presented, which is a potential futuristic individual transportation. The blade element theory (BET) is employed to compute a rotational velocity. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is performed to investigate the difference in the thrust performance in the rotor axis distance of a quad-copter PAV in hovering. Modal analysis is performed to create a Campbell diagram to investigate critical speed. Consequently, a quad-copter PAV changes the aerodynamics thrust and critical velocity according to the rotor axis distance.
Keywords
Personal Air Vehicle; Blade Element Theory; Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation; Hovering; Campbell Diagram;
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