Modeling, Design and Testing Propellers
Do you want to finally apply your knowledge from your basic studies? Work on a visionary idea and explore the limits of what is technically feasible? Master an interdisciplinary project together in a team? Then apply now for the Lab Course: UAV Propeller Design in the next Winter Semester!
Lab Course: UAV Propeller Design
The project: Design and test an optimized UAV propeller (VTOL)
The lab course spans from the theory of propeller and rotor performance modeling to the design and testing of a real propeller.
1. Introduction / Python Intro
2. BEMT Recap
3. BEMT Coding
4. Airfoil Data / Xfoil / c81 Tables
5. Optimization in Rotor Design
6. Coding Part 2
7. Coding Part 3
8. Final Hover Optimized Propellers
9. Inflow Models / Pitt-Peters
10. PP Coding
11. PP Coding + Forward Flight Simulation
12. Introduction to Measurement Techniques
13. Test Propellers
14. Test Analysis + Report
Contact Person
Victor Zappek, M.Sc.