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Spyridon Antoniou, Stavros Kapsalis, Pericles Panagiotou and Kyros Yakinthos
The current study investigated the effect of leading-edge slats on the longitudinal stability at high angles of attack of a Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). Using a Design of Experiments (DOE) approach and, specifically, the Taguchi me...
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Stavros Kapsalis, Chris Bliamis, Pavlos Kaparos, Pericles Panagiotou and Kyros Yakinthos
The current work investigates the effect of canard geometric characteristics on the performance of a lightweight flying wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), capable of both conventional and Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) flight. The canards are size...
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Pericles Panagiotou, Thomas Dimopoulos, Stylianos Dimitriou and Kyros Yakinthos
The current study presents a low-fidelity, quasi-3D aerodynamic analysis method for Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) configurations. A tactical BWB UAV experimental prototype is used as a reference platform. The method utilizes 2D pa...
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Pericles Panagiotou, George Ioannidis, Ioannis Tzivinikos and Kyros Yakinthos
An experimental investigation of the wake of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) model using flow visualization techniques and a 3D Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) system is presented in this work. Emphasis is given on the flow field at the wingtip and the i...
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