Translationally Accelerating Wings in Ground Effect: A Numerical Study

Aerodynamics has played a significant role in the industry of motorsports in improving the performance and handling of the race car. Rob Smedley, the former head of vehicle performance at Williams Racing stated that - "Where teams have problems is when their development or simulation environment – so CFD [Computational Fluid Dynamics] or wind...

Relaxed Static Stability Performance Assessment on Conventional and Unconventional Aircraft Configurations

This thesis report researches the influence of a reduced stability margin on the aircraft performance of conventional and unconventional aircraft configurations. Unconventional configurations are defined as canard and three-surface aircraft.