UNDERSTANDING OF LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER AERODYNAMICS AND DESIGN OF MICRO ROTARY-WING AIR VEHICLES

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dc.contributor.advisorChopra, Inderjiten_US
dc.contributor.authorWinslow, Justin Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T05:44:54Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T05:44:54Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractThe goal of the present research is to understand aerodynamics at low Reynolds numbers and synthesize rules towards the development of hovering micro rotary-wing air vehicles (MRAVs). This entailed the rigorous study of airfoil characteristics at low Reynolds numbers through available experimental results as well as the use of an unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solver. A systematic, experimental, variation of parameters approach with physical rotors was carried out to design and develop a micro air vehicle-scale rotor which maximizes the hover Figure of Merit. The insights gained in low Reynolds number aerodynamics have been utilized in the systematic design of a high endurance micro-quadrotor. Based on available characteristics, the physical relations governing electric propulsion system and structural weights have been derived towards a sizing methodology for small-scale rotary-wing vehicles.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M29Z9H
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19319
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAerospace engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDesignen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEnduranceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLow Reynolds Numberen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMicro Air Vehicleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledQuadcopteren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledQuadrotoren_US
dc.titleUNDERSTANDING OF LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER AERODYNAMICS AND DESIGN OF MICRO ROTARY-WING AIR VEHICLESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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