Experimental analysis of aerodynamic forces, stability, and control, of 14-Bis by wind tunnel tests on a small-scale model

• Grant number: 14/01258-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2014
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamics
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Celso Greco Júnior
• Grantee: Tiago Morandini de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project is about the study of the behavior and the aerodynamic forces on a small-scale model of 14-Bis by experimental tests in a wind tunnel. The model of Santos Dumont’s historic aircraft was built between 2002 and 2003, after several researches about its characteristics. The theoretical study of the aircraft was done as well. Then, to validate the study, it needs to be done some tests in a wind tunnel. Using the wind tunnel located in the Laboratory of Aircrafts in the campus of São Carlos (USP), after calibrating the model, tests will be conducted to analyze the aerodynamic forces and its stability. (AU)