Integrated analysis of aerodynamic/stealth characteristics of blended-wing-body lifting vehicle

Abstract

In this paper, a blended-wing-body lifting vehicle is designed, with the cross section described by Class/Shape transformation method (CST), the outline controlled by an exponential function, and tail regulated by B-spline curve. Rapid estimation procedures of aerodynamic based on plane method and of radar cross section (RCS) based on physical optics are developed and validated. A frame of integrated design and analysis of aerodynamic and stealth characteristics is constructed and applied to parameter sensitivity analysis. The results show that the parameters that affect the aerodynamic differ from those of RCS, which means the vehicle could be good at both aerodynamic and stealth, and the study followed should be focused on it.