Aerodynamic Modelling of Unmanned Aerial System through Nonlinear Vortex Lattice Method, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Experimental Validation - Application to the UAS-S45 Bàlaam: Part 1.

Kuitche, Maxime Alex Junior; Botez, Ruxandra Mihaela; Guillemin, Arthur; Communier, David

doi:10.13111/2066-8201.2020.12.1.9

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“…Simulation results demonstrated that the proposed controller was able to properly estimate and compensate for the external disturbances to the UAS-S4 by guaranteeing more stable trajectory tracking. In addition, the UAS-S4 aerodynamic model was experimentally validated [31][32][33][34][35] at the LARCASE laboratory [36].…”

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On the Effect of Flexibility on the Dynamics of a Suspended Payload Carried by a Quadrotor

Geronel

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2022

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been gaining increased importance due to their variety of applications. In some specific tasks, UAVs require the addition of payloads and onboard components, including sensors, which require great stability to provide safe and reliable responses (related to the payload characteristics, such as the temperature, pressure, vibrations and many other factors). In contrast with the suspended payloads carried by a quadrotor aircraft with a rigid attachment, an elastic attachment is designed to assess the influence of the vibration characteristics on the quadrotor and its payload. Since the payload dynamics can alter the flight performance, sensor measurement accuracy and payload integrity, an adapted sliding mode control is used to guide the quadrotor on its desired trajectory and to compensate for the payload dynamics. To reduce the need for position sensors, a reduced-dimension observer is designed to estimate the payload trajectory, as well as the external disturbance behavior. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate that the flexibility influences the quadrotor’s dynamics and can create residual oscillation on its payload.

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On the Effect of Flexibility on the Dynamics of a Suspended Payload Carried by a Quadrotor

Geronel

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2022

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“…Some of these studies were applied on unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The LARCASE team developed sophisticated methodologies for predicting the aerodynamic behavior and performance of the unmanned aerial systems UAS-S4 and UAS-S45 of Hydra Technologies [22][23][24]. This work concentrated on the structural analysis and optimization of unmanned aerial systems UAS-S4 and UAS-S45 based on CFD optimization results (aerodynamic performance, viscous damping and oscillations) [25,26].…”

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Structural Sizing and Topology Optimization Based on Weight Minimization of a Variable Tapered Span-Morphing Wing for Aerodynamic Performance Improvements

2021

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This article proposes the integration of structural sizing, topology, and aerodynamic optimization for a morphing variable span of tapered wing (MVSTW) with the aim to minimize its weight. In order to evaluate the feasibility of the morphing wing optimization, this work creates a numerical environment by incorporating simultaneous structural sizing and topology optimization based on its aerodynamic analysis. This novel approach is proposed for an MVSTW. A problem-specific optimization approach to determine the minimum weight structure of the wing components for its fixed and moving segments is firstly presented. The optimization was performed using the OptiStruct solver inside HyperMesh. This investigation seeks to minimize total structure compliance while maximizing stiffness in order to satisfy the structural integrity requirements of the MVSTW. The aerodynamic load distribution along the wingspan at full wingspan extension and maximum speed were considered in the optimization processes. The wing components were optimized for size and topology, and all of them were built from aluminum alloy 2024-T3. The optimization results show that weight savings of up to 51.2% and 55.7% were obtained for fixed and moving wing segments, respectively. Based on these results, the optimized variable-span morphing wing can perform certain flight missions perfectly without experiencing any mechanical failures.

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High-fidelity aerodynamic modeling of an aircraft using OpenFoam – application on the CRJ700

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This study is focused on the development of longitudinal aerodynamic models for steady flight conditions. While several commercial solvers are available for this type of work, we seek to evaluate the accuracy of an open source software. This study aims to verify and demonstrate the accuracy of the OpenFoam solver when it is used on basic computers (32–64GB of RAM and eight cores). A new methodology was developed to show how an aerodynamic model of an aircraft could be designed using OpenFoam software. The mesh and the simulations were designed only using OpenFoam utilities, such as blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, simpleFoam and rhoSimpleFoam. For the methodology illustration, the process was applied to the Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft and simulations were performed for its flight envelope, up to M0.79. Forces and moments obtained with the OpenFoam model were compared with an accurate flight data source (level D flight simulator). Excellent results in data agreement were obtained with a maximum absolute error of 0.0026 for the drag coefficient, thus validating a high-fidelity aerodynamic model for the Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft.

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Aerodynamic Modelling of Unmanned Aerial System through Nonlinear Vortex Lattice Method, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Experimental Validation - Application to the UAS-S45 Bàlaam: Part 1.

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

On the Effect of Flexibility on the Dynamics of a Suspended Payload Carried by a Quadrotor

On the Effect of Flexibility on the Dynamics of a Suspended Payload Carried by a Quadrotor

Structural Sizing and Topology Optimization Based on Weight Minimization of a Variable Tapered Span-Morphing Wing for Aerodynamic Performance Improvements

High-fidelity aerodynamic modeling of an aircraft using OpenFoam – application on the CRJ700

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