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Design Optimization of a Coaxial Heavy-Lift VTOL UAS
Author Info
Ouwerkerk, Justin
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-5589
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1511856424648469
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2017, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Aerospace Engineering.
Abstract
The design and optimization of a Vertical take-off and Landing (VTOL), endurance, heavy lift drone is almost a complete misnomer. The majority of all heavy lift UAS systems are exactly the anti of most endurance based UAS. Using cutting edge manufacturing techniques, combined with various fluids and physics principle's, a unique, and highly configurable platform will be optimized in an attempt to gain the maximum of efficiency from the designed propulsion platform. Cutting-edge prototyping systems will be used to print lightweight, composite infused materials, and exotic metals parts allowing for an overall bare-airframe package of just over a kilogram. A cyclic design optimization process is used to ensure rapid subsystem integration, each facet as optimized as the rest of the platform, while utilizing FEA, CAD and CFD processes to ensure airworthiness. Scalability will be shown via two complete platforms, these designs will prove suitable for various future applications, and modular enough to be easily reconfigured for any intended use while being capable of flight times up to 30 minutes.
Committee
Kelly Cohen, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Manish Kumar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ou Ma, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
George T. Black, M.S. (Committee Member)
Pages
106 p.
Subject Headings
Aerospace Materials
Keywords
Coaxial
;
Optimization
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Flight Testing
;
multi-rotor
;
quad
;
autonomous
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Ouwerkerk, J. (2017).
Design Optimization of a Coaxial Heavy-Lift VTOL UAS
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1511856424648469
APA Style (7th edition)
Ouwerkerk, Justin.
Design Optimization of a Coaxial Heavy-Lift VTOL UAS.
2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1511856424648469.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Ouwerkerk, Justin. "Design Optimization of a Coaxial Heavy-Lift VTOL UAS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1511856424648469
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Design Optimization of a Coaxial Heavy-Lift VTOL UAS by Justin Ouwerkerk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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