Project detail

Wake vortex gliding as a new propulsion concept for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Duration: 01.01.2014 — 31.12.2015

Funding resources

Czech Science Foundation - Postdoktorandské granty

- whole funder (2014-01-01 - 2015-12-31)

On the project

Cíle vedoucí ke splnění projektu: 1) Definování proudových polí typických dopravních letounů 2) Předběžný koncepční návrh vhodného UAV 3) Nalezení optimální trajektorie UAV ve víru 4) Analýza řiditelnosti letu v koncovém víru

Description in English
The propulsion concept is going to be fulfil by these goals: 1) Wake vortices flow field definition for typical airliners 2) UAV preliminary design 3) Finding of optimal UAV trajectory in the vortex 4) Controllability analysis in wake vortex flight

Keywords
Dynamické plachtění, trajektorie letu, koncový vír, let ve formaci, řiditelnost, bezpilotní prostředky

Key words in English
Dynamic soaring, flight trajectory, wake vortex, formation flight, controllability, unmanned aerial vehicles

Mark

GP14-16370P

Default language

Czech

People responsible

Zikmund Pavel, doc. Ing., Ph.D. - principal person responsible

Units

NCC NaCCAS - Aircraft Division
- beneficiary (2014-01-01 - 2016-12-31)

Results

ZIKMUND, P. Wake vortex gliding. Proceedings of 6th European Conference For Aeronautics And Space Sciences. Krakow, Poland: 2015. p. 1-8.
Detail

ZIKMUND, P.; MATĚJŮ, J. Dynamic soaring of unmanned aerial vehicle within airliner wake vortex in climb regime. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART G-JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, 2017, vol. 231, no. 13, p. 2479-2486. ISSN: 0954-4100.
Detail

ZIKMUND, P.; POPELA, R. Airliner-UAV Flight Formation in Climb Regime. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2015, vol. 9, no. 10, p. 631-636. ISSN: 1307-6892.
Detail

Responsibility: Zikmund Pavel, doc. Ing., Ph.D.