scholarly journals GeoSurv II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: A major undergraduate project with

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Steele ◽  
Jeremy Laliberté
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Aerospace Engineering ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Engineering Software ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

A final year undergraduate capstone design project was run in 2010-2011 and involved 32 students, 8 lead engineers and a project manager. The project was to design, develop and build an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be used for geophysical surveying and was carried out in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University. It built upon previous years work and involved students mostly from the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering BEng programs. However, there was cross-department input, with students from the BEng programs Computer and Systems Engineering, Software Engineering and Communication Engineering, who undertook their final year project working on the avionics. Students were split into groups with lead engineers guiding the groups and individuals, plus there was an overall project manager. The groups were aerodynamics, avionics, flight test, integration and structures. The lead engineers were faculty, sessional lecturers and one graduate student teaching assistant. Sessional lecturers brought experience from the military and government research laboratories. Individual groups met weekly and additionally all students from all groups met collectively, again weekly, to share and discuss progress and issues. Students were required to produce design reports, as well as a group final report and each term a formal design review. Besides the development of GeoSurv II a new UAV design, named Corvus, was started and 10 students, drawn from across the different groups, worked on the preliminary design with the aim to produce a demonstrator vehicle. This paper describes the organization and running of such a large, multidisciplined group project as well as giving details of student opinions taken throughout the project's progress over the academic year.

scholarly journals Aerodynamic Analysis of Blended Wing Body - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (BWB-UAV) Equipped with Horizontal Stabilizers

2019 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 02004
Author(s):  
Nornashiha Mohd Saad ◽  
Wirachman Wisnoe ◽  
Rizal Effendy Mohd Nasir ◽  
Zurriati Mohd Ali ◽  
Ehan Sabah Shukri Askari
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Lift Coefficient ◽  
Angle Of Attack ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Longitudinal Direction ◽  
Static Stability ◽  
Pitching Moment ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Blended Wing Body

This paper presents an aerodynamic characteristic study in longitudinal direction of UiTM Blended Wing Body-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Prototype (BWB-UAV Prototype) equipped with horizontal stabilizers. Flight tests have been conducted and as the result, BWB experienced overturning condition at certain angle of attack. Horizontal stabilizer was added at different location and size to overcome the issue during the flight test. Therefore, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis is performed at different configuration of horizontal stabilizer using Spalart - Allmaras as a turbulence model. CFD simulation of the aircraft is conducted at Mach number 0.06 or v = 20 m/s at various angle of attack, α. The data of lift coefficient (CL), drag coefficient (CD), and pitching moment coefficient (CM) is obtained from the simulations. The data is represented in curves against angle of attack to measure the performance of BWB prototype with horizontal stabilizer. From the simulation, configuration with far distance and large horizontal stabilizer gives steeper negative pitching moment slope indicating better static stability of the aircraft.

scholarly journals Design of a Low-Cost Fixed Wing UAV

2018 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 02045
Author(s):  
Mochammad Ariyanto ◽  
Joga D. Setiawan ◽  
Teguh Prabowo ◽  
Ismoyo Haryanto ◽  
Munadi
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Body Part ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Straight Wing

This research will try to design a low cost of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using low-cost material that able to fly autonomously. Six parameters of UAV’s structure will be optimized based on basic airframe configuration, wing configuration, straight wing, tail configuration, fuselage material, and propeller location. The resulted and manufactured prototype of fixed-wing UAV will be tested in autonomous fight tests. Based on the flight test, the developed UAV can successfully fly autonomously following the trajectory command. The result shows that low-cost material can be used as a body part of fixed-wing UAV.

Roll aerodynamic characteristics study of an unmanned aerial vehicle based on circulation control technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-882
Author(s):  
Kun Chen ◽  
Zhiwei Shi ◽  
Jiachen Zhu ◽  
Haiyang Wang ◽  
Junquan Fu
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Control Technology ◽  
Circulation Control ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

To explore the control efficiency of circulation flow control technology, a circulation control actuator with an independent gas source has been designed and applied in roll attitude control of a small unmanned aerial vehicle. The circulation control devices are arranged at the two ends of the wing on an unmanned aerial vehicle scale model, the changes in aerodynamic force and aerodynamic moment caused by turning on the actuator are measured in a wind tunnel, and the flow field characteristics are analysed using particle image velocimetry technology. The flight control effect of the roll attitude is verified via a flight test. Experimental and flight test results show that the control of roll attitude can be achieved by turning on the circulation control actuator on one side, and the maximum efficiency that the circulation control generates is equivalent to 8° aileron deflection with production of a favorable yaw moment to achieve a coordinated turn. The circulation control actuator can increase lift and reduce drag when opened on both sides simultaneously. The maximum lift-to-drag ratio of the UAV increased from 5 to 9, and this approach can also suppress flow separation and delay stall at high angles of attack. The aileron or trailing edge flaps can be replaced with circulation control actuators, and the circulation control technology can also be applied to aerodynamic performance improvement and flight control in other types of aircraft.

Measuring low-altitude wind gusts using the unmanned aerial vehicle GustAV

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alton Yeung ◽  
Goetz Bramesfeld ◽  
Joon Chung ◽  
Stephen Foster
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Test System ◽  
Wind Gusts ◽  
Von Karman ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Low Altitude ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Von Kármán

A small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) was developed with the specific objective to explore atmospheric wind gusts at low altitudes below 500 m. These gusts have significant impact on the flight characteristics and performance of SUAVs. The SUAV carried an advanced air-data system that includes a five-hole probe, which was adapted for this specific application. In several flight tests the entire test system was qualified and gust data were recorded. The subsequent experimentally derived gust data were post-processed and compared with turbulence spectra of the MIL-HDBK-1797 von Kármán turbulence model. On the day of the flight test, the experimental results did not fully match the prediction of the von Kármán model. Meanwhile, the wind measuring apparatus were proven to be able to measure gust during flight. Therefore, a broader sampling will be required to generalize the gust measurements and be compared with the existing models.

Unmanned Aerial Systems Platform Research Prognosis

2012 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 555-560
Author(s):  
Javaan Chahl
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
The State ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Research Investment ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Aerial Systems

Much of aerospace academia is anticipating a boom in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) funding and research opportunities. The expectation is built on the premise that UAVs will revolutionize aerospace, which is likely based on current trends. There is also an anticipation of an increasing number of new platforms and research investment, which is likely but must be analyzed carefully to determine where the opportunities might lie. This paper draws on the state of industry and a systems engineering approach. We explore what aspects of UAVs really are the results of aerospace science advances and what aspects will be rather more mundane works of engineering.

scholarly journals Control and flight test of a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 172988141667814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Chen ◽  
Jiyang Zhang ◽  
Daibing Zhang ◽  
Lincheng Shen
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Control Allocation ◽  
Tilt Rotor ◽  
Satisfactory Performance ◽  
Allocation Method ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
The Cost

Tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles have attracted increasing attention due to their ability to perform vertical take-off and landing and their high-speed cruising abilities, thereby presenting broad application prospects. Considering portability and applications in tasks characterized by constrained or small scope areas, this article presents a compact tricopter configuration tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle with full modes of flight from the rotor mode to the fixed-wing mode and vice versa. The unique multiple modes make the tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle a multi-input multi-output, non-affine, multi-channel cross coupling, and nonlinear system. Considering these characteristics, a control allocation method is designed to make the controller adaptive to the full modes of flight. To reduce the cost, the accurate dynamic model of the tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle is not obtained, so a full-mode flight strategy is designed in view of this situation. An autonomous flight test was conducted, and the results indicate the satisfactory performance of the control allocation method and flight strategy.

Development and Conversion Flight Test of a Small Tiltrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 730-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seongwook Choi ◽  
Youngshin Kang ◽  
Sungho Chang ◽  
Samok Koo ◽  
Jai Moo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

scholarly journals Design of the Interacting-BoomCopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Remote Sensor Mounting

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. McArthur ◽  
Arindam B. Chowdhury ◽  
David J. Cappelleri
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Force Sensor ◽  
Vertical Surface ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Autonomous Sensor ◽  
Remote Sensor ◽  
Line Force ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Sensor Package

This paper presents the design of the interacting-BoomCopter (I-BoomCopter) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for mounting a remote sensor package on a vertical surface. Critical to the design is the novel, custom, light-weight passive end effector. The end effector has a forward-facing sonar sensor and in-line force sensor to enable autonomous sensor mounting tasks. The I-BoomCopter's front boom is equipped with a horizontally mounted propeller, which can provide forward and reverse thrust with zero roll and pitch angles. The design and modeling of the updated I-BoomCopter platform is presented along with prototype flight test results. A teleoperated wireless camera sensor mounting task examines the updated platform's suitability for mounting remote sensor packages. Additionally, an autonomous control strategy for remote sensor mounting with the I-BoomCopter is proposed, and autonomous test flights demonstrate the efficacy of the approach.

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