Parametric Study of Boundary Layer Ingestion Propeller Position on UAV Wings

Boundary Layer Ingestion is one of the most trending applications in the aircraft propulsion field. Here, it is applied on a small unmanned aerial vehicle wing to investigate its advantages and disadvantages in terms of lift, drag, power consumption, and propulsive efficiency. To do so, a parametric study is conducted to quantify how these parameters change when the propeller diameter and its horizontal and vertical positions vary.