Design and Analysis of Amphibious Flying Wing UAV (original) (raw)

2020, International journal of engineering research and technology

This Drones are proving to be an integral part of today's engineering works with applications in military systems, delivery services, emergency relief, geographic and oceanographic mapping and evacuation, among others. A simple drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle designed for flight with one or more propellers and controlled remotely through an RC. An amphibious drone is a UAV capable of being maneuvered in air across certain altitudes as well as through water till a certain depth. Development of an unmanned amphibious vehicle integrating the features of a multi-rotor UAV with a submerging mechanism that can perform functions such as surveillance, mapping and study of environments inaccessible to humans, is the present aim of the study. The design of the drone body, wings and components of the amphibious drone were developed with due consideration for aerodynamic, structural, and environmental aspects in air as well as water. To develop the said UAV for listed applications, payload, dynamic flight effects and dimensional calculations are done, based on which analysis such as performance analysis and stability analysis was performed on XFLR5 for different Air foils and winglets. With the air foil structure the wings and plane body were designed on the software. Further development of the CAD model is carried on the SOILDWORKS software completing the detailed CAD model. With two different operating conditions, the loads acting on the UAV have been considered and thorough structural analysis has been performed on the support structures of the wing. Required calculations, research and analysis has been performed with an aim to develop a prototype.