Preliminary study on the aerodynamics of parafoils

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Song, Yifan
• مؤلفون آخرون: Asst prof. New Tze How, Daniel
• التنسيق: Theses and Dissertations
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66309
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

This project presents a basic wind tunnel investigation on aerodynamics of ram-air parafoils. Previous studies are summarized through detailed literature reviews, and key parameters for a generic parafoil such as airfoil shape, inlet opening cut, arc-anhedral angle, chord and aspect ratio, and cells...