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Solving 3-D Printing Design Problems with ANSYS CFD for UAV Project
The document presents a case study on solving 3D printing design problems using ANSYS CFD in a UAV project at the University of Sheffield. It details the initial design process, geometry creation, and solver setup, alongside results from simulations. Future research areas are identified, including powered UAV versions and advanced structures.
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- 1. 1 © 2014ANSYS, Inc. October 1, 2014 ANSYS Confidential Solving 3-D Printing Design Problems with ANSYS CFD for UAV Project 2014 Convergence Conference John Mann University of Sheffield AMRC Design and Prototyping Group
- 2. Solving 3-D PrintingDesign Problems with ANSYS CFD for UAV Project John Mann Design and Prototyping Group University of Sheffield AMRC 04/07/2014 © The University of Sheffield
- 3. Design and PrototypingGroup 04/07/2014 © The University of Sheffield
- 4. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Image source: Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be
- 5. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Initial Design: Determine desired cruise conditions and considered variety of 3D configurations
- 6. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Create simple 3D CAD geometries of variations for selected configuration
- 7. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Geometry and Meshing
- 8. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Solver •ANSYS Fluent steady RANS segregated solver •Single equation Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model •Run on 4 effective CPU cores with 8GB RAM •2D robustness study
- 9. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Results -0.02 -0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 CM Angle of attack 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 CL CD 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E
- 10. Additive Layer Manufacturing © The University of Sheffield 04/07/2014
- 11. 04/07/2014 © TheUniversity of Sheffield Development process
- 12. Testing 04/07/2014 ©The University of Sheffield
- 13. Future research areas •Powered version •Fractal/Organic structures •Morphing control surfaces •Combining ALM with composites •Additive layer material models 04/07/2014 © The University of Sheffield
- 14. To Discover And Understand.