Numerical investigation for cooperative multi blimp system

Herdawatie Abdul Kadir*, Mohd Helmy Abdul Wahab, M. R. Arshad, A. B. Husaini

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Abstract

This paper presents the numerical investigation on multi blimp motion using three dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) approach. The cooperative flight configuration is important to reduce energy and improve the communication reliability within the group. Therefore, we examined the influence of drag and pressure force of cooperative configurations shape in several formations: vee, echelon, line and column. The use of different velocity is also presented to study the effect on a cooperative navigation process. The outcome of this analysis provides the optimal configuration for multi blimp operation. Based on the numerical results, the vee formation should be considered as the best cooperative configuration with low drag effect of drag coefficient and lift coefficient which offered good data overlapping.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9783-9789
Number of pages7
JournalARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Volume10
Issue number20
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CFD
  • Cooperative
  • Multi blimp
  • Realizablek-δ

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