Title: Wind tunnel and computational stability derivatives for a propeller-driven airplane

Authors: Kasim Biber

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bartin University, Bartin 74100, Turkey

Abstract: A comparison of wind tunnel test data with those obtained from vortex lattice-based AVL program was made for a power-off and stick-fixed model of a propeller-driven cargo airplane. For the airplane model, longitudinal and lateral-directional aerodynamics were investigated in stability-axis system. Also, experimental and computational static stability derivatives were compared. Their results agree reasonably well within the linear portion of force and moment characteristics. The comparative study should provide a benchmark for using the fast turn out computations to further improve the design of airplane.

Keywords: airplane; propeller; stability derivatives; vortex lattice; wind tunnel.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSA.2017.086844

International Journal of Sustainable Aviation, 2017 Vol.3 No.3, pp.271 - 277

Received: 28 Feb 2017
Accepted: 27 Mar 2017
Published online: 29 Sep 2017 *

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