Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft

In the present study, the static stability of a hybrid buoyant aircraft is estimated using a panel method to solve the potential flow about the aircraft’s components other than the voluminous fuselage. A viscous flow solver was used to compute the flow over the fuselage to obtain the stability coe...

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Main Authors: Ul Haque, Anwar, Asrar, Waqar, Sulaeman, Erwin, Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar, Omar, Ashraf Ali
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2015
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author Ul Haque, Anwar
Asrar, Waqar
Sulaeman, Erwin
Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar
Omar, Ashraf Ali
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Sulaeman, Erwin
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description In the present study, the static stability of a hybrid buoyant aircraft is estimated using a panel method to solve the potential flow about the aircraft’s components other than the voluminous fuselage. A viscous flow solver was used to compute the flow over the fuselage to obtain the stability coefficients. A combination of the results of the two solutions was used to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft under cruise conditions. An interesting effect of anhedral angle on overall zero lift pitching moment was observed and was correlated with a marine animal’s anatomy. Estimated position of neutral point is consistent with the earlier work of Munk-Multhopp. An option of multiple vertical tails is proposed to improve the lateral stability on the ground. Results so far obtained show that the proposed configuration with three lifting surface and twin vertical tails exhibit good stability characteristics. However, there is a need to investigate the aerodynamic and stability behavior through wind tunnel testing.
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spelling iium-478802018-02-26T09:16:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/ Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft Ul Haque, Anwar Asrar, Waqar Sulaeman, Erwin Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar Omar, Ashraf Ali TL500 Aeronautics In the present study, the static stability of a hybrid buoyant aircraft is estimated using a panel method to solve the potential flow about the aircraft’s components other than the voluminous fuselage. A viscous flow solver was used to compute the flow over the fuselage to obtain the stability coefficients. A combination of the results of the two solutions was used to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft under cruise conditions. An interesting effect of anhedral angle on overall zero lift pitching moment was observed and was correlated with a marine animal’s anatomy. Estimated position of neutral point is consistent with the earlier work of Munk-Multhopp. An option of multiple vertical tails is proposed to improve the lateral stability on the ground. Results so far obtained show that the proposed configuration with three lifting surface and twin vertical tails exhibit good stability characteristics. However, there is a need to investigate the aerodynamic and stability behavior through wind tunnel testing. 2015-09-10 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/1/AIAC-2015-012.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/5/47880.pdf Ul Haque, Anwar and Asrar, Waqar and Sulaeman, Erwin and Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar and Omar, Ashraf Ali (2015) Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 8th Ankara International Aerospace Conference 2015, 10th-12th Sept. 2015, Metu, Ankara, Turkey. http://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr/
spellingShingle TL500 Aeronautics
Ul Haque, Anwar
Asrar, Waqar
Sulaeman, Erwin
Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar
Omar, Ashraf Ali
Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
title Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
title_full Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
title_fullStr Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
title_full_unstemmed Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
title_short Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
title_sort power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft
topic TL500 Aeronautics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/1/AIAC-2015-012.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47880/5/47880.pdf