Investigation of aerodynamic characteristics of blended-wing-body aircraft based on cluster system

Guo Qing Zhang*, Shu Xing Yang, Song Hai Xue

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Abstract

The aerodynamic characteristics of the BWB-UAV were simulated numerically based on the High Performance Computing Cluster System. The effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of the whole aircraft made by the BWB were investigated. The longitudinal/lateral characteristics of BWB and the conventional tailless sweep wing had been compared. The results showed that BWB configuration had the better longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics. The causes of its excellent characteristics can be attributed to the new wing-body lifting design, which can improve the flowing pattern of the surface. But its lateral stability was bad. Therefore, it would be an important criterion that trying to enhance the lateral stability in BWB-UAV design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 2nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Web Mining and Web-Based Application, WMWA 2009
Pages253-257
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 2nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Web Mining and Web-Based Application, WMWA 2009 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 6 Jun 20097 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2009 2nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Web Mining and Web-Based Application, WMWA 2009

Conference

Conference2009 2nd Pacific-Asia Conference on Web Mining and Web-Based Application, WMWA 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period6/06/097/06/09

Keywords

  • BWB
  • Cluster system
  • Mesh
  • Stability
  • Sweep wing

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