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Computational Aeromechanics of Paper Airplanes

2019; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Volume: 56; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2514/1.c035339

1533-3868

Sagarkumar Vijaykumar Gurnani, M. Damodaran,

Robotic Path Planning Algorithms

No AccessEngineering NotesComputational Aeromechanics of Paper AirplanesS. Gurnani and M. DamodaranS. GurnaniSSAS Institute of Technology, Surat 395 006, India*Assistant Professor, Varachha Road, Kapodra, Gujarat; .Search for more papers by this author and M. DamodaranNational University of Singapore, Singapore 117411, Republic of Singapore†Senior Research Scientist, Temasek Laboratories, T-Lab Building, 5A, Engineering Drive 1; . Associate Fellow AIAA (Corresponding Author).Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:16 Jun 2019https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C035339SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Selig M. S., Guglielmo J. J., Broeren A. P. and Giguere P., Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data, Vol. 1, SoarTech Publ., Virginia Beach, VA, 1995. Google Scholar[2] Selig M. S., Lyon C. A., Giguere P., Ninham C. N. and Guglielmo J. J., Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data, Vol. 2, SoarTech Publ., Virginia Beach, VA, 1996. Google Scholar[3] Torres G. E. and Mueller T. J., “Low-Aspect-Ratio Wing Aerodynamics at Low Reynolds Numbers,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 5, May 2004, pp. 865–873. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.439 LinkGoogle Scholar[4] Schluter J., “Aerodynamic Study of the Dart Paper Airplane for Micro Air Vehicle Application,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 228, No. 4, March 2013, pp. 567–576. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410013476778 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[5] Chen K. and Lai W., “Paper Plane Aerodynamics,” Xiamen: Xiamen Foreign Language School, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 2011, https://rclibrary.co.uk/files_titles/1310/PaperPlaneAerodynamics_Chen_Lai.pdf Google Scholar[6] Cook N., “Experimental Analysis of Paper Plane Flight Characteristics,” BEng (Mechanical Engineering) Thesis, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2017, https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:688499. Google Scholar[7] Uhlig D. V. and Selig M. S., “Determining Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Micro Air Vehicle Using Motion Tracking,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 50, No. 5, Sept.–Oct. 2013, pp. 1481–1490. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C031996 LinkGoogle Scholar[8] Goetin S., “Smart-Phone Controlled Paper Airplane,” PowerUp Toys, 2007–Now, https://www.poweruptoys.com/ and https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/393053146/powerup-30-smartphone-controlled-paper-airplane. Google Scholar[9] Versteeg H. and Malalasekera W., The Finite Volume Method, Longman Scientific & Technical, New York, 1995. Google Scholar[10] “Computational Fluid Dynamics and Multi-Physics Engineering Software-Star-CCM+ Version: 9.06 User Manual,” Siemens AG, Werner-von-Siemens-Straβe 1, 80333, Munich, https://mdx.plm.automation.siemens.com/star-ccm-plus Google Scholar[11] Roache P. J., Verification and Validation in Computational Science and Engineering. Albuquerque, Hermosa Publ., Hermosa, NM, 1998. Google Scholar Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byComputational Multiphysics Platform for Virtual Controlled Flight of Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial VehiclesMd Abdur Razzak and M Damodaran20 June 2022 What's Popular Volume 56, Number 5September 2019Supplemental Materials CrossmarkInformationCopyright © 2019 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the eISSN 1533-3868 to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsAerodynamic PerformanceAerodynamicsAeronautical EngineeringAeronauticsComputational Fluid DynamicsFinite Volume MethodFlow RegimesFluid DynamicsFluid MechanicsFluid Structure InteractionSkin FrictionSlip (Aerodynamics)Vortex Dynamics KeywordsAeroplaneAerodynamic Force CoefficientsAerodynamic EfficiencyWingletsCropped Delta WingYawDirectional StabilitySide Slip AngleEuler AnglesIncompressible FlowAcknowledgmentsThis paper is based on work done when both authors were at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat, India, between 2014 and 2016; the first author was a graduate student supported by a Govt. of India MHRD Scholarship for his MTech degree studies in Mechanical Engineering while the second author was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering.PDF Received13 November 2018Accepted3 May 2019Published online16 June 2019