Advanced UAV aerodynamics, flight stability, and control : novel concepts, theory and applications

Advanced UAV aerodynamics, flight stability, and control novel concepts, theory and applications

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marques, Pascual , editor (editor), Da Ronch, Andrea , editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chichester, UK : Wiley 2017.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
Subjects:
Drone aircraft.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849103706719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Series Preface
  • Preface
  • Companion Website
  • Chapter 1 Advanced UAV Aerodynamics, Flight Stability and Control:: An Introduction
  • 1.1 Unmanned Aircraft Aerodynamics
  • 1.2 UAV Flight Stability and Control
  • Chapter 2 Aerodynamics of UAV Configurations
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Emerging Technologies in UAV Aerodynamics
  • 2.3 Aerodynamics and Stealth Compromises
  • 2.4 Rotor Blade Tip Aerodynamics
  • 2.5 Flight Dynamics of Canard Aircraft
  • 2.6 Aerodynamics of the UCAV 1303 Delta‐wing Configuration
  • 2.7 Flow Structure Modification using Plasma Actuators
  • 2.8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part I Novel Concepts in Unmanned Aircraft Aerodynamics
  • 1.1 Fixed-wing (airplanes)
  • Chapter 3 Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of Three Different Unmanned Re-entry Vehicles
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Vehicle Description
  • 3.3 Flight Scenario and Flow‐regime Assessment
  • 3.4 Rarefied and Transitional Regimes
  • 3.5 Viscous-interaction Regime
  • 3.6 High-temperature Real-gas Regime
  • 3.7 Laminar-to-turbulent Transition Assessment
  • 3.8 Design Approach and Tools
  • 3.9 Aerodynamic Characterization
  • 3.10 Low-order Methods Aerodynamic Results
  • 3.11 CFD-based Aerodynamic Results
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Nonlinear Reduced-order Aeroservoelastic Analysis of Very Flexible Aircraft
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Large Coupled Computational Models
  • 4.3 Coupled Reduced-order Models
  • 4.4 Control System Design
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 4.6 Exercises
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Unmanned Aircraft Wind Tunnel Testing
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The Diana UAV Project
  • 5.3 Experimental Facility
  • 5.4 Force and Moment Measurements
  • 5.5 Wind Tunnel and CFD Comparisons
  • 5.6 Flow Visualization
  • 5.7 Summary and Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References.
  • Chapter 6 Chord-dominated Ground-effect Aerodynamics of Fixed-wing UAVs
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Categories of Ground Effect
  • 6.3 Chord-dominated Static Ground Effect
  • 6.4 Chord-dominated Dynamic Ground Effect
  • 6.5 Chord-dominated Mutational Ground Effect
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 1.2 Rotary-wing (helicopter)
  • Chapter 7 Dynamics Modelling and System Identification of Small Unmanned Helicopters
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Model Development
  • 7.3 System Identification
  • 7.4 Basic Control Design
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 8 Aerodynamic Derivative Calculation Using Radial Basis Function Neural Networks
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Helicopter Aerodynamic Derivatives
  • 8.3 Radial Basis Function Neural Networks
  • 8.4 The Delta Method
  • 8.5 Parameter Estimation Using Simulated Data
  • 8.6 Parameter Estimation Using Flight Data
  • 8.7 Delta Method with Flight Data
  • 8.8 Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 9 Helicopter BERP Tip: Literature Review of Helicopter Blade Shape Optimisation Methods
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Literature Review
  • 9.3 Summary
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 10 Framework for the Optimisation of a Helicopter Rotor Blade with an Approximate BERP Tip: Numerical Methods and Application
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Numerical Methods
  • 10.3 Optimisation Method
  • 10.4 Parameterisation Technique
  • 10.5 Grid and Geometry Generation
  • 10.6 Flight Conditions
  • 10.7 Hover Results
  • 10.8 Forward Flight Results
  • 10.9 Planform Optimisation
  • 10.10 Summary and Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 11 Active Blade Twist in Rotary UAVs using Smart Actuation
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Actuation Concepts
  • 11.3 Integral Twist Actuation
  • 11.4 Summary
  • References
  • 1.3 Hybrid Aircraft.
  • Chapter 12 Hybrid Aircraft Aerodynamics and Aerodynamic Design Considerations of Hover-to-Dash Convertible UAVs
  • 12.1 Why Hover-to-Dash Conversion is Important
  • 12.2 Aircraft Mission Profiles and Sizing Chart Structure
  • 12.3 Convertible Coleopter Design, Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing
  • 12.4 Future: Convertible QuadCopter Design and Flight Testing
  • 12.5 The Extreme: Hover-to-Supersonic Dash Aircraft
  • References
  • PART II Novel Concepts in Unmanned Aircraft Flight Stability and Control
  • 2.1 Fixed-wing (airplanes)
  • Chapter 13 Closed-loop Active Flow Control for UAVs
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Objectives
  • 13.3 Actuators
  • 13.4 Linear System
  • 13.5 Plant Model Identification
  • 13.6 Controller Architecture
  • 13.7 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Chapter 14 Autonomous Gust Alleviation in UAVs
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 The Composite Spar
  • 14.3 The Energy-harvesting and Storage Component
  • 14.4 Reduced Energy Control Law
  • 14.5 Gust Modelling
  • 14.6 Experimental Validation
  • 14.7 Performance
  • 14.8 Other Considerations
  • 14.9 Summary and Discussion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Chapter 15 Virtual Flight Simulation using Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • 15.1 Introduction
  • 15.2 Aerodynamic Model for Flight Simulation
  • 15.3 Generation of Tabular Aerodynamic Model
  • 15.4 Time-accurate CFD for Flight Simulations
  • 15.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 16 Flow Structure Modification Using Plasma Actuation for Enhanced UAV Flight Control
  • 16.1 Introduction
  • 16.2 Aerodynamic Flow Control
  • 16.3 Plasma Actuators
  • 16.4 Dielectric Barrier Discharge
  • 16.5 Experimental Setup
  • 16.6 Results and Analysis
  • 16.7 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 17 Constrained Motion Planning and Trajectory Optimization for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • 17.1 Introduction.
  • 17.2 UAV Dynamics and Internal Constraints
  • 17.3 Environmental Constraints
  • 17.4 Off-line CMP
  • 17.5 Real-time CMP
  • 17.6 Variable Objective CMP
  • 17.7 Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 18 Autonomous Space Navigation Using Nonlinear Filters with MEMS Technology
  • 18.1 Introduction and Problem Statement
  • 18.2 Concurrent Orbit and Attitude Determination
  • 18.3 Concurrent Attitude and System Identification
  • 18.4 Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 19 Adaptive Fault-tolerant Attitude Control for Spacecraft Under Loss of Actuator Effectiveness
  • 19.1 Introduction
  • 19.2 Mathematical Model of Flexible Spacecraft and Problem Formulation
  • 19.3 Adaptive Backstepping Fault-Tolerant Controller Design
  • 19.4 Numerical Simulations
  • 19.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2.2 Quad-rotor Aircraft
  • Chapter 20 Novel Concepts in Multi-rotor VTOL UAV Dynamics and Stability
  • 20.1 Introduction
  • 20.2 Multi-rotors
  • 20.3 Novel Quad-rotor Concepts
  • 20.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 21 System Identification and Flight Control of an Unmanned Quadrotor
  • 21.1 Introduction
  • 21.2 Quadrotor System and Experimental Infrastructure Overview
  • 21.3 System Identification Using CIFER
  • 21.4 Flight Testing
  • 21.5 System Identification Results and Discussion
  • 21.6 Controller Modeling and Validation
  • 21.7 Controller Optimization in CONDUIT
  • 21.8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
  • Supplemental Images
  • EULA.

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