Micro Aerial vehicle: Experimental Aerodynamics optimization

• Main Author: Mohanad Said Abdel Salam, Mohanad Said Abdel Salam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/823/1/body.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/823/

Micro aerial vehicle has played more and more important rules, not only in the military. But also in civil applications nowadays. MAV differs from normal aircrafts due to different characteristics. Studying MAV aerodynamic leads to an optimized successful design. This report constitutes of, as the title for this project suggests; the basic details and understanding of unmanned aerial vehicle. The objective of this project is to establish methods of engineering calculations required for the calculation of lift and drag force and all the factors that affects the flight. The scope of study in this project is to design and fabricate an unmanned aerial vehicle and then experiment it in the wind tunnel. While the methodology is based on the data that been gathered during the research and how the optimize the aerodynamics of the flight. The outcome expected from this project is to choose the suitable material for the design of the MAV, as well as to conclude the best conditions that can be applied to the system for maximum efficiency and least cost. Since this is just a preliminary report, more researches and readings must be done in future, in order to obtain the useful information such as the complete design of the MAV and how to do the perfect calculation for the flight to have the maximum efficiency and do not face any difficulties while flying.