01 - Aircraft and Systems Integration
CONCEPTUAL AND AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF A UAV FOR SUPERFICIAL VOLCANO MONITORING
P.D. Bravo-Mosquera¹, A. Martins-Abdalla¹, H.D. Cerón-Muñoz¹, F.M. Catalano¹; ¹Aerodynamic Laboratory, São Carlos Engineering School-University, Brazil
This paper aims to analyze the aerodynamic behavior of a UAV for superficial volcano monitoring, using the traditional methods of aircraft design and CFD simulations, in order to obtain the aerodynamic coefficients of lift and drag at several attack angles, involving analysis and evaluation of the aircraft design characteristics in order to determine the ideal configuration, to perform the mission over volcanoes.