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Títol: Design and aerodynamic study of a glider for unassisted jumping

Director/a: ALTMEYER, SEBASTIÁN ANDREAS

Departament: FIS

Títol: Design and aerodynamic study of a glider for unassisted jumping

Data inici oferta: 06-02-2024     Data finalització oferta: 06-10-2024


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIS TELECOMUN
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
    GR ENG TELEMÀTICA
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
Aerodynamic efficiency and optimization, Drag reduction, Wind tunnel testing
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
The project's objective is to design, analyze, and study a glider to participate in the RedBull FlugTag. This event consists of jumping from a 6-meter cliff into the water with a glider made
by a 5-member team. The goal is to maximize the efficiency of this glider to fly as far as possible without any extra propulsion system. Primary work is a detailed analyzis of the event's regulations. Based on these the initial conditions such as initial velocity, or atmospherical conditions and environmental conditions will be studied. Thereafter theoretically calculations of the main parameters of the glider such as general design, airfoil, wing span, glider length, center of gravity, stability, or the angle of attack will be performed. The design will be implemented in SolidWorks and later CFD simulations will be perform on. The last part will be, to build a scale prototype with 3D printing and test it in the wind tunnel to see the performance and deliver a final product.
 
Orientació a l'estudiant:
The student will learn the main features in airfoil analysis and design, aerodynamics and optimization. She/He has to become familiarize with the main characteristic parameters, e.g. lift and drag coefficient, efficiency, etc. Programming languages as Matlab, SolidWorks software, and Python will be learned and/or deepen. Simulations will be performed via AnsysFluent in order to find the optimal design. Finally a 3D printed model will generated and used for comparison between experimental and numerical results. Supervisor and student will meet regular basis about once a week to evaluate the progress and discuss the following steps. In case of bigger problems the student can approach the supervisor any time in order to solve the problems as soon as possible in order to avoid any hold backs.
 
 
 
Horari d'atenció a estudiants per a l'assignació de projecte:
Regular meetings of about 1-2h will be setup weekly in order to check, discuss and evaluate the progress as well to plan the following steps. In case of bigger problems extraordinary meetings will be done as soon as possible.

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