Research on advanced structure design method of solar powered UAV

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Abstract

solar powered UAV, the mass and structural dynamics characteristics of solar powered UAV with different layouts and different structure forms in time and frequency domain are studied in this paper. Firstly, the thin-walled structure models of solar powered UAV with flying wing layout and diamond wing layout are established with the same solar panel laying area. The flutter characteristics are calculated by P-K method in frequency domain, and the response characteristics of the structure under dynamic loads are calculated in time domain. The dynamic characteristics and mass characteristics of solar powered UAV with large aspect ratio with different layouts are compared. Then, the rhombus grid structure is applied to the wing structure, and the finite element model of the rhombus grid structure is established to study the structural dynamics and mass characteristics of the diamond wing layout solar powered UAV. The results show that the frequency domain and time domain methods can accurately obtain the structural dynamic characteristics. The flutter characteristics and gust response characteristics of the solar powered UAV with diamond wing layout are better than those with flying wing layout, but the mass of diamond wing layout solar powered UAV is too large. The rhombus grid structure diamond wing layout solar powered UAV has good structural stiffness and higher flutter speed, and its structural mass is 21.5% lighter than that of the thin-walled diamond wing layout solar poWered UAV.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2020 3rd International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages124-129
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728180250
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Nov 2020
Event3rd International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2020 - Harbin, China
Duration: 27 Nov 202028 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2020 3rd International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2020

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Unmanned Systems, ICUS 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period27/11/2028/11/20

Keywords

  • Diamond wing layout
  • Dynamic characteristics
  • Flutter
  • Grid structure
  • Large aspect ratio
  • Solar powered UAV

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