Multirotor - Vortex Particle Method

Counter-rotating APC 10x7 propellers ramping up from 0 to 9400 RPM with a constant freestream (advance ratio of 0.35 at 9400 RPM) modeled with a viscous vortex particle method. From the following paper:

1. Alvarez, E. J., and Ning, A., “Development of a Vortex Particle Code for the Modeling of Wake Interaction in Distributed Propulsion,” AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Atlanta, GA, Jun. 2018. doi:10.2514/6.2018-3646 [BibTeX] [DOI] [PDF]

   @inproceedings{Alvarez2018,
     address = {Atlanta, GA},
     author = {Alvarez, Eduardo J. and Ning, Andrew},
     booktitle = {{AIAA} Applied Aerodynamics Conference},
     doi = {10.2514/6.2018-3646},
     month = jun,
     title = {Development of a Vortex Particle Code for the Modeling of Wake Interaction in Distributed Propulsion},
     year = {2018}
   }