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Aerodynamics, Stability and Performance Characteristics of X-Tandem Aircrafts


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This paper details design, analysis and validation of tandem aircraft with one wing swept forward and the other wing swept backwards. The design objective is to investigate the aerodynamic and stability characteristics of this configuration created with the motive of exploiting the manoeuvring and post stall characteristics of a forward swept wing along with the structural robustness and reliable performance of the conventional aft-swept wing. Parameters such as wing sweep, wing position, anhedral and dihedral were varied to develop a range of designs. This gave considerable information regarding the aerodynamic and stability characteristics which enabled a preliminary design of a military combat aircraft exploiting this configuration. All performance characteristics and parameters of the final design compared with current operational military aircraft give a favourable picture regarding the effectiveness of this design.

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Aircraft Design, Combat Aircraft, Stability, Tandem Wing, Aerodynamics.
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Authors

Ishaan Prakash
Dept. of Aerospace Engg., SRM University, Chennai, India
Prithwish Mukherjee
Dept. of Aerospace Engg., SRM University, Chennai, India

Abstract


This paper details design, analysis and validation of tandem aircraft with one wing swept forward and the other wing swept backwards. The design objective is to investigate the aerodynamic and stability characteristics of this configuration created with the motive of exploiting the manoeuvring and post stall characteristics of a forward swept wing along with the structural robustness and reliable performance of the conventional aft-swept wing. Parameters such as wing sweep, wing position, anhedral and dihedral were varied to develop a range of designs. This gave considerable information regarding the aerodynamic and stability characteristics which enabled a preliminary design of a military combat aircraft exploiting this configuration. All performance characteristics and parameters of the final design compared with current operational military aircraft give a favourable picture regarding the effectiveness of this design.

Keywords


Aircraft Design, Combat Aircraft, Stability, Tandem Wing, Aerodynamics.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4273/ijvss.11.1.11