Conceptual design of a winged hybrid airship

UlHaque, Anwar and Asrar, Waqar and Omar, Ashraf Ali and Sulaeman, Erwin and Ali, JS Mohamed (2014) Conceptual design of a winged hybrid airship. In: 21st Lighter than Air Technology Conference, Aviation 2014, 16 - 20 June 2014, Atlanta, Ga., USA.

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Abstract

The present study focuses on the sizing and aerodynamic contour design of a two-seater 1000 kg gross take-off mass winged hybrid airship. Unlike the conventional hybrid airships, which stay aloft and takeoff with the help of VTOL propulsion systems, a winged hybrid airship requires a certain speed to takeoff by utilizing lift coming from its aerodynamic surfaces. Heaviness fraction and takeoff ground roll are considered as measure of merit in initial sizing. Based on the design requirement of Malaysian inter-island tourism and transportation of agricultural products, range is set to 450 km and ground roll for take-off about 150 m. For the airship to be heavy enough for ground handling, the ratio of hydrostatic to hydrodynamic lift is set equal to 49:51. Summary of the results to be obtained in early design phase will give a baseline start to study the aerodynamics and stability characteristics of such airships in future.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	4277/38913
Subjects:	T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics > TL500 Aeronautics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Waqar Asrar
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2014 08:30
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2015 10:58
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/38913

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