Blended Wing Body Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (BWB UAV)

Professors Mostafa El-Sayed, Fidel Khouli, and Fred Nitzche2018-2019

Kieran Lee

Project Overview

2 DESIGNS

• Peregine-1 UAV• Peregrine-2 UAV

4 UNIQUE FEATURES

• Blended-Wing-Body Configuration• 3D Printing• Multiscale Design Optimization• Autonomous Flight

4 GOALS

• Design• Build• Test• Fly

https://www.cybera.ca/news-and-events/tech-radar/the-wonderful-world-of-3d-printing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFC701BaCBk, https://www.shutterstock.com/nb/video/clip-4301774-airplane-wing-tested-wind-tunnel, https://www.wired.com/2010/04/nasas-mini-x-plane-completes-initial-flight-testing/

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Blended Wing Body (BWB) Configuration

Blended Wing Body Aircraft

Conventional AircraftFlying Wing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_wing, https://www.businessinsider.com/bombardier-c-series-37-billion-air-canada-order-falls-short-of-endorsement-it-needs-2016-2, https://ysjournal.com/beyond-the-dreamliner-blended-wing-body-aircraft/

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Blended Wing Body (BWB) Configuration

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

BAE Systems PLC Taranis Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS

Real-World Applications

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit ,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk, https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.com/2014/07/14/the-drone-index-bae-systems-taranis/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B

Blended Wing Body (BWB) Configuration

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Potential Benefits for Civil Aviation

http://www.twitt.org/BWBBowers.html

Blended Wing Body (BWB) Configuration

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Potential Benefits for Civil Aviation

-33 %Wetted Area to Volume

Ratio

-12 %Direct

Operational Cost

+21 %Fuel

Efficiency

Increased Passenger Capacity

+20 %Maximum

Lift-to-Drag Ratio

-6 %Gross

Weight

-17 %Greenhouse

Gas Emissions

Reduced Noise

(Over-wing Engines,

streamlined body)

Multiscale Design Optimization and 3D Printing

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• Reduced component weight• Increased load-carrying capacity• Tailoring for specific load cases and stiffnesses

• Reduced material wastage• Allows for rapid implementation of design

changes• Enables use of MSDO

MSDO 3D Printing

Peregrine-1 UAV Concept

Peregrine-2 UAV Concept

Blended Wing Body Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (BWB UAV)Progress to Date

YEAR PROGRESS/OBJECTIVE

1 (2017-2018)• Design of Peregrine-1 and Peregrine-2*• Preliminary analysis of Peregrine-1*

2 (2018-2019)• Review of Peregrine-1 design*• Analysis of Peregrine-1*• Manufacturing and flight-testing of Peregrine-1*

3 (2019-2020)• Review Peregrine-2 design• Analysis of Peregrine-2• Manufacturing and flight-testing of Peregrine-2

4 (2020-2021)• Addition of VTOL capability to Peregrine-1• Expand payload capabilities• Explore VTOL capability for Peregrine-2

* Denotes items that have been completed or that are in progress

Bombardier Design Review• Visit to Bombardier’s

facilities in Montreal

• Present progress to Bombardier advanced design group

• Network with professionals at Bombardier Aerospace

• Tour Bombardier Completion Center for Global and Challenger families

Project Team PositionsLoads Engineering

Project Integration*

Advanced Design

Master-lines Engineering

Aerodynamics Engineering

Wind Tunnel Engineering

Control Laws

Systems Engineering

Performance Engineering

Structure/Stress Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering* Project integrator also takes on a technical role

NASTRAN / PATRAN

ANSYS Workbench /ANSYS Fluent

ALTAIR Hyperworks

Question Period

Email any additional questions to: KieranLee@cmail.carleton.ca