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Advanced UAV aerodynamics, flight stability, and control : novel concepts, theory and applications /
Presenting emerging aerospace technologies in the rapidly growing field of unmanned aircraft engineering, this book describes the findings and innovations accomplished in current research programs and industry applications throughout the world. --
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2017.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 Actuators2.8 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.
- AcknowledgmentsReferences; 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.