Low Reynolds Number Flow Around a Flying Saucer Micro Air Vehicle

S. Cortés[1], D. Güemes[1], R. Ávila[1]
[1]Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Published in 2013

The study of low Reynolds number flow around air vehicles of the order of centimeters. According to DARPA, a NAV is defined as a vehicle with 7.5 cm of length and weight of 20 grams. We calculated the flow around a small length scale 3D rigid body with complex geometry. Firstly we perform the numerical simulation of the two dimensional flow around a circular cylinder for 30< ReD