High Fidelity Flight Simulation of Small Aircraft over Tall Buildings
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 6
Abstract
Aerodynamic effects on small aircraft flying over tall buildings are studied. Flow is modeled using unsteady Navier–Stokes equations. The effects of buildings on the stability of aircraft are studied by time-accurately coupling stability equations with the flow equations. Responses are computed at varying dynamic pressures. The present work provides a road map for designers to use high-fidelity simulations for the safe design of air taxis in urban environments where flying closer to buildings is unavoidable.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
Computational resources for this effort were provided by the High-End Computing (HEC) Project of the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division of Ames Research Center. Author thanks consultations provided by Pieter Buning of Langley Research Center in using the OVERFLOW code and William Chan of Ames Research Center in using the OVERGRID tool.
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Volume 35 • Issue 6 • November 2022
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Received: Dec 15, 2021
Accepted: Jun 29, 2022
Published online: Sep 2, 2022
Published in print: Nov 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Feb 2, 2023
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