Computational modelling of the aerodyanmics and flight mechanics of a boomerang

• Main Author: Prem, Parvathy.
• Other Authors: Damodaran Murali
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aerodynamics; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Simulation and modeling
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40564
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The returning boomerang is a singularly interesting device: when thrown spinning in a near-vertical plane, rather than travelling along a straight line, the boomerang turns continuously to the left and ultimately returns to its thrower. The return of the boomerang is caused by two types of gyroscopi...