Aerodynamics and Static Stability Characteristics of a Hybrid Buoyant Aerial Vehicle at Low Speed

UlHaque, Anwar and Asrar, Waqar and Omar, Ashraf A. and Sulaeman, Erwin and Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar (2015) Aerodynamics and Static Stability Characteristics of a Hybrid Buoyant Aerial Vehicle at Low Speed. In: 62nd Canadian Aerospace Institute Conference (Aero 2015), 19 - 21 May 2015, Montreal, Canada. (In Press)

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Abstract

It is well known that a big aviation market in the world is air transport of passengers and goods and buoyant aerial vehicles are one of the potential candidates for such applications. Aerodynamic and stability characteristics of such vehicles are critical issues of design and any new such design should exhibit longitudinal and directional stability. A generic model of hybrid buoyant aerial vehicle, consisting of fuselage similar to a hull of airship, was numerically tested by using Aircraft DATCOM to get first-hand knowledge about the general trends of aerodynamic and stability parameters. Most of such tools are limited to well-defined conventional aircraft configurations. But based on the presented results, it can be revealed that such tools can be used for hybrid buoyant aerial vehicles as well. Presented results will be validated in future by wind tunnel testing.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	4277/46469. Accepted to be published in Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal (SCOPUS)
Subjects:	T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Erwin Sulaeman
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2016 08:39
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2016 08:39
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/46469

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