TY  - JOUR
A1  - Götten, Falk
A1  - Finger, Felix
T1  - PhoenAIX – Die modulare Transportdrohne
JF  - Ingenieurspiegel
N2  - Die autonome, unbemannte Luftfahrt ist einer der Schlüsselsektoren für die Zukunft der Luftfahrt. In diesem rasant wachsenden Bereich nehmen senkrecht startende und senkrecht landende Flugzeuge (Vertical Take-Off and Landing – VTOL) einen besonderen Platz ein. Ein VTOL-Flugzeug (manchmal auch „Transitionsfluggerät“ genannt) verbindet die Eigenschaft des Helikopters, überall starten und landen zu können, mit den Geschwindigkeits-, Reichweiten und Flugdauervorteilen des Starrflüglers. Grundsätzlich wird die Senkrechtstart- und -landefähigkeit sowohl von zivilen als auch von militärischen Betreibern unbemannter Fluggeräte (UAVs) gewünscht. Trotzdem bietet der Markt nur eine geringe Anzahl von VTOL-UAVs, da qualitativ hochwertige Entwürfe eine ausgesprochene Herausforderung in der Entwicklung darstellen. An der FH Aachen wird deshalb seit über 5 Jahren an der Auslegung und Analyse von solchen unbemannten VTOL Flugzeugen geforscht. Das neuste Projekt ist der Eigenentwurf einer großen, senkrechtstartenden Transportdrohne. Das „PhoenAIX“ getaufte Fluggerät wird von Falk Götten und Felix Finger im Rahmen einer EFRE-Förderung entwickelt.
Y1  - 2020
SN  - 1868-5919
N1  - Project: UAV Design
VL  - 2020
IS  - 1
SP  - 38
EP  - 40
PB  - Public Verlag
CY  - Bingen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Götten, Falk
A1  - Havermann, Marc
A1  - Braun, Carsten
A1  - Marino, Matthew
A1  - Bil, Cees
T1  - Aerodynamic Investigations of UAV Sensor Turrets - A Combined Wind-tunnel and CFD Approach
JF  - SciTech 2021, AIAA SciTech Forum, online, WW, Jan 11-15, 2021
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-1535
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
PB  - AIAA
CY  - Reston, Va.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hammer, Thorben
A1  - Quitter, Julius
A1  - Mayntz, Joscha
A1  - Bauschat, J.-Michael
A1  - Dahmann, Peter
A1  - Götten, Falk
A1  - Hille, S.
A1  - Stumpf, E.
T1  - Free fall drag estimation of small-scale multirotor unmanned aircraft systems using computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel experiments
JF  - CEAS Aeronautical Journal
N2  - New European Union (EU) regulations for UAS operations require an operational risk analysis, which includes an estimation of the potential danger of the UAS crashing. A key parameter for the potential ground risk is the kinetic impact energy of the UAS. The kinetic energy depends on the impact velocity of the UAS and, therefore, on the aerodynamic drag and the weight during free fall. Hence, estimating the impact energy of a UAS requires an accurate drag estimation of the UAS in that state. The paper at hand presents the aerodynamic drag estimation of small-scale multirotor UAS. Multirotor UAS of various sizes and configurations were analysed with a fully unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes approach. These simulations included different velocities and various fuselage pitch angles of the UAS. The results were compared against force measurements performed in a subsonic wind tunnel and provided good consistency. Furthermore, the influence of the UAS`s fuselage pitch angle as well as the influence of fixed and free spinning propellers on the aerodynamic drag was analysed. Free spinning propellers may increase the drag by up to 110%, depending on the fuselage pitch angle. Increasing the fuselage pitch angle of the UAS lowers the drag by 40% up to 85%, depending on the UAS. The data presented in this paper allow for increased accuracy of ground risk assessments.
KW  - Multirotor UAS
KW  - Drag estimation
KW  - CFD
KW  - Wind tunnel experiments
KW  - Wind milling
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13272-023-00702-w
SN  - 1869-5590 (Online)
SN  - 1869-5582 (Print)
N1  - Corresponding author: Thorben Hammer
PB  - Springer
CY  - Wien
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Götten, Falk
A1  - Havermann, Marc
A1  - Braun, Carsten
A1  - Gomez, Francisco
A1  - Bil, Cees
T1  - RANS Simulation Validation of a Small Sensor Turret for UAVs
JF  - Journal of Aerospace Engineering
N2  - Recent Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) design procedures rely on full aircraft steady-state Reynolds-Averaged-Navier-Stokes (RANS) analyses in early design stages. Small sensor turrets are included in such simulations, even though their aerodynamic properties show highly unsteady behavior. Very little is known about the effects of this approach on the simulation outcomes of small turrets. Therefore, the flow around a model turret at a Reynolds number of 47,400 is simulated with a steady-state RANS approach and compared to experimental data. Lift, drag, and surface pressure show good agreement with the experiment. The RANS model predicts the separation location too far downstream and shows a larger recirculation region aft of the body. Both characteristic arch and horseshoe vortex structures are visualized and qualitatively match the ones found by the experiment. The Reynolds number dependence of the drag coefficient follows the trend of a sphere within a distinct range. The outcomes indicate that a steady-state RANS model of a small sensor turret is able to give results that are useful for UAV engineering purposes but might not be suited for detailed insight into flow properties.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0001055
SN  - 1943-5525
VL  - 32
IS  - 5
PB  - ASCE
CY  - New York
ER  -