Lesson objective - to review

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Lesson objective - to review Basic aerodynamics
relationships .the minimum level of fidelity
required for pre-concept and conceptual design
assessments of subsonic UAVs
Expectations - You will understand how to apply
the basics and to avoid unnecessary detail
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Importance
These are the fundamental aerodynamic
relationships needed to define a subsonic air
vehicle for a UAV system
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Forces
and geometry
Ct
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Aerodynamic lift
Lift (L) Cl????q?Sref Cl?q?Sref (16.1)
Cl? lift curve slope (theoretrical 2??/rad
see RayAD Eq 12.6 for
more exact formulation) ? angle of
attack Sref aerodynamic reference area
Dynamic pressure (q) (?/2)?V2
(16.2) ? air density (lb-sec2/ft4) V
airspeed (ft/sec)
where
and
where
For uncambered airfoils Cl 0 at ? 0
?
V
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Aerodynamic drag
Drag (D) Cd?q?Sref
(16.3) Cd drag coefficient
CdminCdi Cdmink?Cl-Clmin2 (16.4) k
1/??A?e A Aspect ratio b2/Sref e Oswold
wing efficiency f(?,A) ? sweep Cdmin
Cf?Kd?(Swet/Sref) Cfe?(Swet/Sref)
(16.5) Cf flat plate skin friction coefficient
(See RayAD Fig 12.21) Kd ? 1.2
Factor to account for non-friction drag items
such as pressure and interference) Cfe
Equivalent skin friction coefficient (RayAD12.3)
where
and
For uncambered airfoil Cdmin Cd0
where

• These relationships are for untrimmed drag
  polars, good aerodynamic design will minimize
  trim drag impact (which we will ignore for now)

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Oswold efficiency factor
Source - Lee Nicolai, Conceptual Design Process,
LM Aero
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Lift and drag - contd

• CL? and Cdmin are approximately constant for
  low-to-medium subsonic speed range (below drag
  rise)
• This simplifying assumption makes our aero
  analysis task really easy (and reasonably correct)

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L/D max - another perspective

• Theoretical (L/D)max
• If Cd Cd0 K?Cl2 then D/L Cd0/Cl K?Cl)
  and (L/D) max will occur when d(D/L)/dCl 0
• - Cd0/Cl2 K 0 or Cd0 K?Cl2 Cdi

or.
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L/D contd
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Example
A subsonic UAV has the following
characteristics W0/Sref 40 psf AR 20 ? 0
deg Swet/Sref 5 or b2/Swet 20/5 4 Cfe
.0035 From chart 16.6 at AR 20 and ? 0 deg, e
0.8 and Cd _at_ LoDmax 2?Cfe?(Swet/Sref)
.035 Cd0 .0175 Cl _at_ LoDmax sqrt (??AR?e?Cdo)
0.938 LoDmax sqrt??e/Cfe?AR/(Swet/Sref)/
2 26.8 q _at_ LoDmax (W0/Sref)/Cl 42.6 psf EAS
_at_ LoDmax 112.2 KEAS
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Correction factors

• For pre-concept studies, equations 16.1 - 16.5
  will yield reasonable estimates of lift and drag
• Nonetheless it is good practice to always compare
  estimates to data from similar aircraft and to
  apply appropriate correction factors

• Our previous calculation of LoDmax 26.8 for AR
  20, Swet/Sref 5, for example, when compared
  to parametric data from other aircraft shows that
  our estimate is consistent with the parametric
  data
• If not we could correct the estimate by putting a
  multiplier on Cdmin

LoDmax comparisons
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30
25
20
(L/D)max
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5
0
0
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Wetted AR b2/Swet
Manned aircraft data LM Aero data handbook
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More refined estimates

• For conceptual design studies, a component
  build-up method (see RayAD 13.5) will yield
  higher fidelity drag estimates and capture
• Reynolds number effects
• Overall and for individual components
• Form factor effects
• Such as wing thickness
• Interference drag effects
• Miscellaneous drag contributions
• As we will see later, our pre-concept design
  spread sheet methods could also incorporate these
  higher fidelity methods with little additional
  work
• They will be included at a later date
• A better approach for conceptual design, however,
  would be a combination of component build up for
  trade studies and Euler CFD for baseline analysis

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Compressibility effects
On subsonic UAVs we can ignore compressibility
effects for lift and drag, but not for jet engine
performance - The effects are estimated assuming
a perfect gas, where specific heat ratio (?
1.4) Pressure effect P/Pa 1(?-1)/2?M2?/(
?-1) 10.2?M23.5 (16.11) Temperature
effect T/Ta 1(?-1)/2?M2 10.2?M2
(16.12) P and T Total
(isentropic stagnation) pressure and
temperature Pa and Ta Static atmospheric
pressure and temperature Example M 0.8
36Kft (Pa 472.6 psf Ta 390R) P/Pa 1.52 or
P 720 psf ( 27Kft _at_ M0) T/Ta 1.13 or T
440R -19.8F ( 22Kft _at_ M0)
where
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Intermission
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