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Nederlof, R. (author), Kooij, R.N.F. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Sinnige, T. (author)With the rise of distributed propeller concepts, there is an increased interest in quantifying the interaction between propeller slipstream and wing. It is known from literature that the local upwash induced by the propeller swirl can lead to a reduction of the wing-induced drag, a phenomenon often referred to as swirl recovery. However, at the...conference paper 2023
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Tambe, S.S. (author), Schrijer, F.F.J. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Boundary-layer instability on a rotating cone induces coherent spiral vortices that are linked to the onset of laminar–turbulent transition. This type of transition is relevant to several aerospace systems with rotating components, e.g., aeroengine nose cones. Because a variety of options exist for the nose-cone shapes, it is important to...journal article 2023
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Tambe, S.S. (author), Schrijer, F.F.J. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author)This work shows the behaviour of an unstable boundary-layer on rotating cones in high-speed flow conditions: high Reynolds number Rel > 106, low rotational speed ratio S < 1–1.5, and inflow Mach number M = 0.5. These conditions are most-commonly encountered on rotating aero-engine-nose-cones of transonic cruise aircraft. Although it has...journal article 2022
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Duivenvoorden, R.R. (author), Suard, Noah (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Experiments were performed using a wall-to-wall unswept and untapered wing with a single slotted flap and a propeller, to obtain a validation dataset and gain insight into primary flow phenomena in propeller-wing-flap interactions. Measurements were taken using pressure taps, a wake rake and oil flow visualization, for several flap...conference paper 2022
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De Breuker, R. (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Bisagni, C. (author), Boneschansker, I. (author), Melkert, J.A. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Verdegaal, F.M. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Werij, H.G.C. (author)The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is one of eight faculties at Delft University of Technology. It is one of the most comprehensive academic and innovation communities worldwide focusing on aerospace engineering. Its 120 professors and 70 researchers are mentoring and teaching around 2,800 BSc/MSc students and more than 350 PhD candidates...journal article 2022
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della Corte, B. (author), van Sluis, M. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Boundary-layer ingestion (BLI) is a propulsor–airframe integration technology that promises substantial fuel consumption benefits for future civil aircraft. This paper discusses an experimental study, conducted within the European Union–funded Horizon 2020 CENTRELINE project, on the aerodynamic performance of an aircraft with a BLI propulsor...journal article 2022
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Raju Kulkarni, A. (author), la Rocca, G. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Eitelberg, G. (author)Growing interest in unconventional aircraft designs coupled with miniaturization of electronics and advancements in manufacturing techniques have revived the interest in the use of Sub-scale Flight Testing (SFT) to study the flight behaviour of full-scale aircraft in the early stages of design process by means of free-flying sub-scale models....review 2022
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van Nesselrooij, M. (author), van Campenhout, O.W.G. (author), van Oudheusden, B.W. (author), Schrijer, F.F.J. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Accurately measuring small changes in aerodynamic drag over a flat surface stands at the core of the development of technologies capable of reducing turbulent friction drag. A wind tunnel drag measurement system was developed which improves significantly on the state of the art. Experimental tests demonstrated that an uncertainty of less than...journal article 2022
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van Arnhem, N. (author), de Vries, R. (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Vos, Roelof (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)In this combined experimental and numerical study, the propeller–airframe aerodynamic interaction is characterized for an aircraft configuration with propellers mounted to the horizontal tailplane. The contributions of the propeller and airframe to the overall loading are distinguished in the experimental analyses by using a combination of...journal article 2021
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Stokkermans, T.C.A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)An experimental dataset is presented of propeller performance in static condition and at low subsonic airspeeds for various angles of attack up to 90 deg. Numerical investigation through a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes computational fluid dynamics model revealed the mechanisms behind performance changes with advance ratio, angle of attack, and...journal article 2021
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de Vries, R. (author), van Arnhem, N. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Ragni, D. (author), Vos, Roelof (author), Eitelberg, G. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)This experimental study focuses on the aerodynamic interaction between an over-the-wing (OTW) propeller and a wing boundary layer. An OTW propeller is positioned above the hinge line of a wing with a trailing-edge flap. Measurements are carried out with and without axial pressure gradients by deflecting the flap and by extending the flat upper...journal article 2021
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Bölk, S.A. (author), de Vries, R. (author), van Arnhem, N. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)In this study, unsteady RANS simulations are performed to investigate the effect of over-the-wing (OTW) propeller inclination on the aerodynamic interaction with a wing featuring a plain flap. A comparison to experimental data shows that the numerical approach is capable of modeling the wing and propeller separately and can capture the effect of...conference paper 2021
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della Corte, B. (author), van Sluis, M. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author)Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI) is a promising propulsion integration technology capable of enhancing aircraft propulsive efficiency. The Propulsive Fuselage Concept (PFC), a tube-and-wing configuration with an aft-fuselage-mounted BLI propulsor, is particularly suited for BLI. Although extensively studied on a system level, the aerodynamic...journal article 2021
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de Vries, R. (author), van Arnhem, N. (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Vos, Roelof (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)This article describes an experimental investigation of the aerodynamic interaction that occurs between distributed propellers in forward flight. To this end, three propellers were installed in close proximity in a wind tunnel, and the changes in their performance, flow-field characteristics, and noise production were quantified using...journal article 2021
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Timmer, W.A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)At the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games, zigzag tape was introduced on the race suit lower legs and cap of speed skaters. Application of these zigzag devices on live skaters and cylinders in the wind tunnel showed large improvements in the aerodynamic drag. These wind-tunnel results were unfortunately not widely published, and the impact of...journal article 2021
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Tambe, S.S. (author), Schrijer, F.F.J. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Centrifugal instability of the boundary layer is known to induce spiral vortices over a rotating slender cone that is facing an axial inflow. This paper shows how a deviation from the symmetry of such axial inflow affects the boundary layer instability over a rotating slender cone with half-angle. The spiral vortices are experimentally...journal article 2021
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Stokkermans, T.C.A. (author), Usai, D. (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Many electric vertical takeoff and landing concepts are characterized by nontraditional vehicle layouts with distributed propellers. Two propeller interaction types were distinguished in this Paper, which investigates how propeller interaction in side-by-side and one-after-another configuration affects performance, in terms of thrust, power, in...journal article 2021
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della Corte, B. (author), van Sluis, M. (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)View Video Presentation: https://doi-org.tudelft.idm.oclc.org/10.2514/6.2021-2467.vid<br/><br/>Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI) is a technology that promises fuel consumption benefits for future civil aircraft. However, it introduces detrimental aerodynamic interactions between the propulsor and the airframe. In particular, the inflow to the BLI...conference paper 2021
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Stokkermans, T.C.A. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author), Soemarwoto, Bambang (author), Fukari, Raphaël (author), Eglin, Paul (author)Auxiliary lift and/or thrust on a compound helicopter can introduce complex aerodynamic interactions between the auxiliary lift and thrust components and the main rotor. In this study high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics analyses were performed to capture the various aerodynamic interactions which are occurring for the Airbus RACER...journal article 2020
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van Arnhem, N. (author), de Vries, R. (author), Sinnige, T. (author), Vos, Roelof (author), Eitelberg, G. (author), Veldhuis, L.L.M. (author)Advances in aerodynamic and propulsive efficiency of future aircraft can be achieved by strategic installation of propellers near the airframe. This paper presents a robust and computationally efficient engineering method to estimate the load distribution of a propeller operating in arbitrary nonuniform flow that is induced by the airframe...journal article 2020