Quadcopter wake
Large Eddy Simulation of the wake of a quadcopter in forward flight at 10 m/s, using the Vortex Particle-Mesh method. The blades and airframe geometries are inspired from a DJI drone. Modeling and simulation details are presented in the reference below.
Authors: Denis-Gabriel Caprace, Andrew Ning, Philippe Chatelain, Gregoire Winckelmans
Reference: Effects of rotor-airframe interaction on the
aeromechanics and wake of a quadcopter in forward flight, (under revision), 2022