Numerical simulations of the aerodynamics characteristics for a non-conventional unmanned WIG.

In this paper we present our research about a particular ultralight WIG. WIG is the acronym of Wing In Ground effect vehicle. This work is part of a research on the dynamic behaviour for an UAV-WIG with a particular Tandem – Canard arrangement, study which the authors have been carrying out from several years. In previous paper the same Authors built a general mathematical model which permit to obtain analytical equations for all the aerodynamic coefficients both Out of Ground Effect and In Ground Effect conditions. In this paper, a numerical validation of the above mentioned mathematical model is proposed by the application of CFD methods. The mesh has been generated using ICEM 10.0 and th…