...Yu Long; Yongzheng Jiang Purpose To meet small/medium unmanned aerial vehicles’ (UAVs) rapid, covert deployment needs from the low-altitude economy and modern warfare, this paper aims to review mainstream launch technologies, analyzes core challenges and projects trends for military-civilian...

...Jian Ding; Xiaotong Jiang; Yuchun Zou; Zhen Tang; Ziyang Zhen Purpose A multivariable model reference adaptive control method is proposed to solve a distributed leader–follower formation control problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with uncertain parameters and unknown external disturbances...

...Bahadır Cinoğlu Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine propeller damage based on acoustic recordings taken from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) propellers operated at different thrust conditions on a test bench. Propeller damage is especially critical for fixed-wing UAVs to sustain a safe...

...Abdelkader Benaouali; Abdelwahid Boutemedjet Purpose This paper aims to propose a structural sizing approach of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wing that takes into account the aeroelasticity effects through a fluid–structure interaction analysis. Design/methodology/approach The sizing...

...Tugrul Oktay; Yüksel Eraslan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve autonomous flight performance of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via simultaneous morphing wingtip and control system design conducted with optimization, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and machine learning...

... 2 R p 4 / π 2 Xu Zou can be contacted at: zouxu634866@163.com 27 10 2022 30 12 2022 22 01 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV VTOL Simulation...

...Etka Gökbel; Aydin Güllü; Sezgin Ersoy Purpose This study aims to a launchable design has been made to prevent wasted time in time-critical areas, and increase the efficiency of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In this way, a UAV can reach the mission height quickly. Design/methodology...

...Abhishek Dixit; Pooja Agrawal; Ajay Misra Purpose The requirement of robust cooperative control is essential to achieve consensus between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in swarm formation. Often the performance of these swarm formations is affected by wind gust disturbances. This study...

... Fault detection Fault isolation Kalman filters Filter tuning Innovation sequence Estimation Unmanned aerial vehicle Under random uncertainties, the research by Hasan (2019) provides a two-stage estimate approach for actuator fault diagnostics in robotics and autonomous systems...

...Peter Hooper Purpose This paper aims to present experimental experience of heavy fuelling of a spark ignition crankcase scavenged two-stroke cycle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine, particularly focusing on the effects of compression ratio variation, and to cross-correlate with the results...

...Ivan Kostić; Dragoljub Tanović; Olivera Kostić; Ahmed Ali Irhayim Abubaker; Aleksandar Simonović Purpose Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with remote and/or automated flight and mission controls have replaced airplanes with pilots in many important roles. This study aims to deal with computational...

.... Figure 3 Panel lattice used for VLM computations (left) and unstructured mesh used in the CFD simulation (Jouannet et al., 2017) Lift estimation Subscale Flight testing Rapid prototyping Unmanned aerial vehicle Especially during the early stages of aircraft design...

... escape strategies. Design/methodology/approach Large eddy simulation model is used to study the effect of microburst by simulating the actual physical process of microburst-generated downdraft environment over the unmanned aerial vehicle. In this work, an attempt has been made to simulate the dry...

...Joaquim Vasconcelos Reinolds de Sousa; Pedro Gamboa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to generate optimised trajectories for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a forest fire detection mission. It is assumed that the UAV flies 3D curvature-constrained Dubins manoeuvres and has a limited...

...Sekar Manigandan; Praveen Kumar Thaloor Ramesh; Nguyen Thuy Lan Chi; Kathirvel Brindhadevi Purpose The focus of the current study to combat the ongoing pandemic by preventing the transmission using the Unmanned aerial vehicle system. The transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic can be avoided only...

...Khushairi Amri Kasim; Shabudin Mat; Iskandar Shah Ishak; Shuhaimi Mansor Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of propeller locations on the aerodynamic characteristics of a generic 55° swept angle sharp-edged delta wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) model. Design/methodology...

...Rui Liu; Wanzhong Zhao; Zhenyu Wang; Xiaqing Liu Purpose This study aims to contrastively investigate the effects of biodiesel and diesel on the power, economy and combustion characteristics of a compression ignition aviation piston engine for unmanned aerial vehicles. Design/methodology...

...Paweł Rzucidło; Tomasz Rogalski; Grzegorz Jaromi; Damian Kordos; Piotr Szczerba; Andrzej Paw Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe simulation research carried out for the needs of multi-sensor anti-collision system for light aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. Design/methodology...

... Unmanned aerial vehicle Aircraft Disturbance rejection Aeronautical Science Foundation of China 2016ZC53019 20160153003 In the existence of faults and disturbances, the nonlinear system is defined as: Aircraft sensors and actuators have a vital role in the stability of the system...

... UAV designs for future developments. Buck Converter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle MPPT DC Motor Incremental Conductance Maximum Power Point Trackers Solar Power Solar energy applications in aviation have been a highly subject since as early as the 1970’s. It’s clear, unlimited, renewable...