Aerodynamics
analyses of ZODIAC CH 601 using RDS-software.
F.Mustapha, A .A Omar,
A.A Yazid
Department of Aerospace
Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia
[email protected]
Abstract
<>Designers
of aircraft should be able to determine the flow field about the
vehicle under
considerations. The study involves the aerodynamics analyses of the
vehicle.
This includes the scientific study of the way in which air moves, and
the
reactions felt by the vehicle surfaces due to its motion. In
aeronautical
engineering, this study will lead to the analyses of lift and drag of
that
particular vehicle. Good designers should be able to access a number of
different configurations and flow conditions by means of computational
approach. There are various computational tools available to assist the
designers in deriving accurate result with low execution time. One of
them is
RDS software, specially developed for operation on a personal computer.
This
software is developed based on the methods in AIAA textbook ‘Aircraft
Design: A
conceptual Approach ‘. RDS features module for design and layout, and
has
analysis module for aerodynamic, weights, propulsion, and cost. This
paper
concentrate more on the aerodynamics analyses, as this area of study is
known
to be the crucial part in designing aircraft. The study model for these
analyses is the ZODIAC CH 10 light aircraft, which provides the
technical input
data for the software.
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