High-performance numerical simulation applied to aircraft design and optimization

• Grant number: 07/00305-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2008
• End date: February 28, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamics
• Principal Investigator: Nide Geraldo do Couto Ramos Fico Júnior
• Grantee: Nide Geraldo do Couto Ramos Fico Júnior
• Host Institution: Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA). Ministério da Defesa (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In order to yield a considerable reduction on the airplane project cycle the present effort is divided into the following parts:1.Mathematical models to calculate the structural weight of the airplane, the polar drag curve, the stability derivatives, engine power and loads acting on the airplane in its operational envelope. 2.Computer codes to estimate the polar drag curve, structural weight and flutter 3.Evaluation of a wide range of optimization algorithms4.parametric geometry manipulator (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ORTEGA, MARCOS A.; GIRARDI, ROBERTO M.; SILVESTRINI, JORGE H.. A numerical study of the wake behind a blunt-trailing-edged body. Part 2: the topology of the flow. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, v. 69, n. 1, p. 29-56, MAY 10 2012. (07/00305-5)

DE MATTOS, BENTO SILVA; SECCO, NEY RAFAEL; SALLES, EDUARDO FRANCISCO. Optimal Design of a High-Altitude Solar-Powered Unmanned Airplane. JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, v. 5, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2013-07-01. (07/00305-5)

ORTEGA, MARCOS AURELIO; GIRARDI, ROBERTO DA MOTA; SILVESTRINI, JORGE HUGO. Direct Numerical Simulation of the Onset of Vortex Shedding for Blunt Elongated Bodies. JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, v. 6, n. 3, p. 18-pg., 2014-07-01. (07/00305-5)

MARCOS AURÉLIO ORTEGA; ROBERTO DA MOTA GIRARDI; JORGE HUGO SILVESTRINI. Direct Numerical Simulation of the Onset of Vortex Shedding for Blunt Elongated Bodies. J. Aerosp. Technol. Manag., v. 6, n. 3, p. 249-266, 2014-09-00. (07/00305-5)