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UAVs are becoming an essential part of the modern defense forces world over in the recent years. They are widely used for surveillance, reconnaissance, target for missiles and combat. They are available in various weight classes from few kilograms to tons. Apart from design of aircraft, establishing an accurate aero data base for control law design for the aircraft is a main challenge in itself. Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) is involved in the design and development of many UAVs for the last 30 plus years and has experienced several challenging design and engineering problems. Over the years, various UAVs like Ulka, Sparrow, Lakshya, and Nishant for different mission requirements have been designed and developed. The evolution of design methodology in ADE and the present configuration design activities of UAVs and aircraft stores separation studies with a focus on CFD are discussed in this paper.
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Jan Roskam., "Airplane Design", Parts-I to VII, DAR Corporation, 2002.
Raymer, D.P., "Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach", AIAA Education Series, AIAA, Washington DC, 1992.
"Rustom MALE UAV Configuration Design", ADE Internal Document.
Torenbeek Egbert., "Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design", Delft University Press, 1982.
Hoak, D. E. et al., "The USAF Stability and Control DATCOM," Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, TR-83-3048, Oct. 1960 (Revised 1978).
"Engineering Sciences Data Unit" (ESDU Sheets).
Hoerner. and Sighard, F., "Fluid-Dynamic Drag", Hoerner Fluid Dynamics, Bricktown New Jersey, 1965.
Anderson, J.D., "Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Applications", McGraw Hill, 1995.
Drela, M., "A User’s Guide to MSES 2.95", MIT Computational Aerospace Sciences Laboratory, 1996.
Marnix F.E. Dillenius, et al., Extension of the Method for Predicting Six-DOF Store Separation Trajectories at Speeds up to the Critical Speed to Include a Fuselage with Noncircular Cross-section- Vol-I and II", Nielsen Engg. and Research, Inc., November, 1974.
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FLUENT 6.3 Users Guide, ANSYS Inc.
Perkins, C.D. and Hage, R.E., "Airplane Performance Stability and Control", John Wiley, 1960.
Chin, S., "Missile Configuration Design", McGraw-Hill, New York,1961.
Abbott, Ira H. and Von Doenhoff Albert E., "Theory of Wing Sections", Dover Publ. Inc., 1959.
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Nielsen, J.N., "Missile Aerodynamics", McGraw- Hill Book Company, New York, 1960.