Experimental and numerical study on the aerodynamics and stability characteristics of a canard aircraft

Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar and M. Saleh, Mubin (2019) Experimental and numerical study on the aerodynamics and stability characteristics of a canard aircraft. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 53 (2). pp. 165-174. ISSN 2289-7879

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Abstract

Modern day fighter aircrafts are mostly canard configured because of its advantages over conventional configuration. The primary objective of this work is to investigate the low speed aerodynamic and stability characteristics of a canard configured aircraft. Using CFD -ANSYS Fluent package, numerical flow simulations were carried out for a typical canard configuration such as Burt Rutan’s VariEze, a composite homebuilt canard aircraft. To validate the numerical results, wind tunnel testing of a scaled model was carried out. Finally the effect of horizontal location of canard on the aerodynamics and stability characteristics was studied.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4262/68505
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Canard; Longitudinal static stability; aerodynamics; CFD; Experimental
Subjects:	T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Mohamed Ali Jaffar Syed
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2018 14:43
Last Modified:	29 May 2019 10:09
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/68505

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