Performance Analysis of Bionic Airfoil on the Small Unmanned Plane

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The quality and dependability of the small unmanned plane is more and more important currently. For the small unmanned plane under the conditions of Low-Reynolds, the air viscosity has relatively greater influence on its aerodynamic performance. This is one of the greatest difficulties to design a small unmanned plane. The aerodynamic performance of bionic aerofoil and NACA 4412 is contrastively analyzed while the Reynolds-Number is 、 and by the Fluent. The CFD computational result and the analysis show that the airfoil of the seagull is suitable for the special work circumstances of the small unmanned plane, and it can be used for the further design of the wings.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 655-657)

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24-27

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January 2013

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