The aerodynamics performance of Blended Wing Body Baseline-II E2

• Published in: 2011 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Communication Software and Networks pp. 293 - 297
• Main Authors: Ali, Z. M., Kuntjoro, W., Wisnoe, W., Nasir, R. E. M., Mohamad, F., Reduan, N. F.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.05.2011
• Subjects: Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Blended Wing Body; CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Equations; Mathematical model
• ISBN: 9781612844855; 1612844855
• DOI: 10.1109/ICCSN.2011.6014899

This paper discusses the aerodynamics characteristics of Blended Wing Body - Baseline II E2, unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft. A computational method, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Star CCM+ software has been performed to obtain the aerodynamics characteristic of the BWB. The aerodynamic characteristics prediction of BWB-Baseline II E2 aircraft was obtained through CFD analysis using unstructured mesh and standard one - equation turbulence model, Spalart-Allmaras was selected in the investigations. Lift coefficient (CL), drag coefficient (CD) and moment coefficient (CM) were studied at flight condition of Mach 0.1 (~34 m/s) at different angles of attack, α. The CFD results were compared with the experimental result. The results show the trend of lift curves are similar at the linear region (α = -10° to 7°) but at the higher angle of attack the trends become nonlinear. The drag coefficient for CFD simulations is greater than experimental result and there are differences in pitching moment curves between CFD simulation and experiment data which the experiment data shows a steep curve than simulation.