Conceptual design and simulation validation based finite element optimisation for tubercle leading edge composite wing of an unmanned aerial vehicle

• Main Authors: Basri, Ernnie Illyani, Mustapha, Faizal, Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq, Basri, Adi Azriff, Abas, Mohd Firdaus, Abdul Majid, Mohd Shukry, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81007/1/FINITE.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81007/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785419301413

A finite element model is developed to determine deformation and stresses on a composite wing of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a tubercle design at the leading edge of the wing. Tubercles, commonly known as protuberances found on the leading edge of a whale pectoral flipper, offering great perf...