Aerodynamics Drone Propeller Analysis by using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Investigation on the airflow characteristic of the drone propeller using Ansys fluent software was performed for this study. In the past few years there has been a lot of research and study about the drone propeller due to the high demand in several industries and drone efficiency regarding the performance. The design parameters such as radius of the propeller, propeller rotational speed, and number of blades, and angle of attack should be optimized to ensure the great execution in different flight status. This paper is to compare the three type of propeller which having different parameter of angle of attack and twisting blade. The analysis and result are obtained using simulation where the value of thrust force, lift and drag coefficient can be seen. The design is tested into three different speed of rotational 4000 rpm, 6000 rpm and 8000 rpm. The result shows that, the higher angle of attack and rotational speed, it produces the higher value of thrust force.