Assessing low Reynolds number airfoil performance in microburst environments for micro/unmanned aerial vehicles: A numerical study

V Somashekar, A Immanuel Selwynraj… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study aims to investigate the impact of microbursts, which are a common meteorological
phenomenon, on aircraft performance. A multiphase computational fluid dynamics model …

Numerical study of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in dry microburst environment using large eddy simulation (LES) model

V Somashekar, I Selwynraj - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose In a microburst wind, the profiles and characteristics are significantly different from
those of normal boundary layer winds. The objective of this work is to study the microburst …

Aerodynamic study of low Reynolds number airfoil and mini-unmanned aerial vehicle in simulated rain environment

V Somashekar, I Selwynraj - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Rainfall is one of the main atmospheric conditions that significantly affect the
aerodynamic performance of the low Reynolds number flights. In this paper, the adverse …