Aerodynamic analysis of a light aircraft at different design stages

Tokom aerodinamičkog projektovanja aviona, shodno njegovoj kategoriji i fazi razvoja projekta, potrebno je koristiti adekvatne proračunske metode i softverske alate. U slučaju lakih aviona, uobičajeno se koriste analitičke i semiempirijske metode u inicijalnoj fazi, kombinovane sa jednostavnim - neviskoznim CFD proračunskim modelima, dok se u kasnijim fazama obavljaju relativno kompleksne CFD analize sa uticajem viskoznosti. U današnje vreme se, u kategoriji lakih aviona, podrazumeva da savremeni proračunski alati za svaku od faza razvoja moraju biti adekvatno izabrani, tako da se njima dobijeni rezultati međusobno verifikuju i dopunjavaju. U radu su prikazane proračunske metode korišćene tokom aerodinamičke analize novog lakog aviona u različitim fazama njegovog razvoja i izvršeno je poređenje dobijenih rezultata, u cilju verifikacije ispunjenja navedenog uslova.During the evolution of an airplane aerodynamic design, proper calculation methods and software tools should be utilized, which correspond to the airplane category and project development level. In case of light aircraft, the general trend is the application of analytical and semiempirical methods at the initial stages, combined with simplified - inviscid CFD computational models, and fairly complex viscous CFD analyses at higher design levels. At the present stage of light aviation development, it is assumed that the contemporary design tools for each of those steps should be appropriate enough, so that they actually verify and additionally fine-tune each other's results. This paper describes the calculation tools and methods applied during the aerodynamic analyses of a new light aircraft at different development stages, and compares the results obtained by them, with the aim to verify and support the above statement, considering light aircraft aerodynamic design