Description

Aeronautical propellers play a crucial role in the performance and efficiency of aircraft, including drones and electric vehicles, and the prediction of their aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance is essential in the design process. However, the accurate prediction of these parameters often requires computationally expensive and time-consuming simulations, which can be a barrier especially for small-scale design projects.

The main aim of this project is to implement low fidelity models for the prediction of aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of aeronautical propellers.

Key Objectives

• Literature review on the theory of aeronautical propellers and the development of low fidelity models.

• Develop and implement a low fidelity model for the prediction of aerodynamic performance of aeronautical propellers (in MATLAB or a similar programming language).

• Validate the accuracy of the low fidelity model using experimental data or high fidelity simulations (realistically from literature).

• Develop and implement a low fidelity model for the prediction of aeroacoustic performance of aeronautical propellers (in MATLAB or a similar programming language).

• Validate the accuracy of the low fidelity model for aeroacoustic performance using experimental data or high fidelity simulations (realistically from literature).

• Compare the accuracy and computational efficiency of the low fidelity models with high fidelity simulations (optional).

• Analyze the sensitivity of the low fidelity models to different design parameters and identify areas for improvement.