Relating wind speed as a function of tilt angle

- April 18, 2023 at 12:32 pm
  Kofi Agyemang Amankwah
  Subscriber
  I am working on a project where I have to relate the tilt angle of a hovering drone to the wind speed in a wind tunnel. In the tunnel, the drone is unable to receive a GPS signal since the tunnel wall act as a blackbody. My main objective is to,
  1. hover a drone at some distance above ground level
  2. do a 360-degree rotation in steps of 20-degree and then measure the corresponding change in the roll, pitch, and yaw for each complete rotation
  At this point, I am confused about where to start. Please, is this possible in Ansys, if yes I will appreciate it if anyone can help me with suggestions?
  Thank you all for your contribution
- April 18, 2023 at 1:39 pm
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  The CFD codes (I suggest Fluent) can easily model a fixed location drone at any angle you want. If you want it to fly (ie move as the flow changes) that's also possible, but given the control elements that could be somewhat more complicated.
  - April 18, 2023 at 1:43 pm
    
    Kofi Agyemang Amankwah
    Subscriber
    
    @Rob, can you help me with resources? I mean something to get me started.
- April 18, 2023 at 2:17 pm
  
  Rob
  Ansys Employee
  
  If you open Fluent click on "Help". As well as documentation there are several tutorials. Additionally, click on Learning (book icon left side of this page) and look in the Fluids/CFD section as there are several courses on how to use meshing & Fluent as well as various examples/physics that you'll need.

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