@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6639, title = {Numerical Simulation and Experiment of a Lifting Body with Leading-Edge Rotating Cylinder}, author = {A. Badarudin and C. S. Oon and S. N. Kazi and N. Nik-Ghazali and Y. J. Lee and W. T. Chong}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {An experimental and simulation flight test has been carried out to evaluate the longitudinal gliding characteristics of a lifting body with blunted half-cone geometry. The novelty here is the lifting body's pitch control mechanism, which consists of a pair of leading-edge rotating cylinders. Flight simulation uses aerodynamic data from computational fluid dynamics supported by wind-tunnel test. Flight test consists of releasing an aluminum lifting body model from a moving vehicle at the appropriate wind speed while measuring the lifting body's variation of altitude against time of flight. Results show that leading-edge rotating cylinder is able to give small amounts of improvement to the longitudinal stability and pitch control to the lifting body. }, journal = {International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering}, volume = {7}, number = {3}, year = {2013}, pages = {392 - 396}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6639}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/75}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 75, 2013}, }