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Abstract This article describes the aerodynamic design and assessment of a UCAV wing developed under the NATO-STO AVT-251 Multi-disciplinary Design Task Group. The wing design rationale and process is described,… Click to show full abstract
Abstract This article describes the aerodynamic design and assessment of a UCAV wing developed under the NATO-STO AVT-251 Multi-disciplinary Design Task Group. The wing design rationale and process is described, as well as how the idealized wing design produced by the design/optimization process is turned into a realizable aircraft geometry. Both the baseline and designed wings are analyzed in detail using several Navier-Stokes computational fluid dynamics flow solvers. Analysis at low speed and transonic conditions, both in the pitch plane and at sideslip conditions, is presented. Conclusions about the design are drawn and further improvements are suggested.
Journal Title: Aerospace Science and Technology
Year Published: 2019
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