Design and Realization of an Unmanned Aerial Rotorcraft Vehicle Using Pressurized Inflatable Structure

Sadasivan, Nirmal

doi:10.15394/ijaaa.2019.1352

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“…The mathematical model and control of the proposed structure were not presented in the paper. The problem of balloon sizing and overall weight issue was incorporated in Sadasivan (2019). Two algorithms were proposed to provide the size of the balloon.…”

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Full-state modeling and nonlinear control of balloon supported unmanned aerial vehicle

Mazhar

Malik

Azim

et al. 2021

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide the full-state mathematical model and devise a nonlinear controller for a balloon-supported unmanned aerial vehicle (BUAV). Design/methodology/approach Newtonian mechanics is used to establish the nonlinear mathematical model of the proposed vehicle assembly which incorporates the dynamics of both balloon and quadrotor UAV. A controllable form of the nine degrees of freedom model is derived. Backstepping control is designed for the proposed model and simulations are performed to assess the tracking performance of the proposed control. Findings The results show that the proposed methodology works well for smooth trajectories in presence of wind gusts. Moreover, the final mathematical model is affine and various nonlinear control techniques can be used in the future for improved system performance. Originality/value Multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAVs) are equipped with controllers but are constrained by smaller flight endurance and payload carrying capability. On the contrary, lighter than air (LTA) aerial vehicles have longer flight times but have poor control performance for outdoor operations. One of the solutions to achieve better flight endurance and payload carrying capability is to augment the LTA balloon to MUAV. The novelty of this research lies in full-order mathematical modeling along with transformation to controllable form for the BUAV assembly.

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Full-state modeling and nonlinear control of balloon supported unmanned aerial vehicle

Mazhar

Malik

Azim

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Design and Realization of an Unmanned Aerial Rotorcraft Vehicle Using Pressurized Inflatable Structure

Abstract: One of the key parameters for designing a rotary wing vehicle for these applications is to know the requirements of the mission. Flight requirements mainly include endurance duration, payload capacity, the range of flight, speed

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Full-state modeling and nonlinear control of balloon supported unmanned aerial vehicle

Full-state modeling and nonlinear control of balloon supported unmanned aerial vehicle

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