Design and Manufacture of Composite Landing Gear for a Light Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Open Access
- 6 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Applied Sciences
- Vol. 11 (2) , 509
Abstract
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become popular for military applications as well as for use in structural inspection, weather monitoring, and festival demonstrations. Suitable landing gears to ensure that the UAV can take off and land safely are important when the price of the cargo and UAV increase. A lightweight and high-strength landing gear is desirable to overcome accidents during service. Composite materials are a promising, excellent solution for this purpose. This study demonstrated the design, numerical analysis (Ansys), manufacture, and experimental verification (LabVIEW) of a composite landing gear for a UAV. In particular, landing gears with different carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite fiber orientations were analyzed, manufactured, and experimentally verified in this study.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cooperative Agricultural Operations of Aerial and Ground Unmanned Vehicles2020
- Applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in road safety, traffic and highway infrastructure management: Recent advances and challengesTransportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2020
- Unmanned aerial vehicles applications in future smart citiesTechnological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturing materials: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Forest Fire Detection and monitoring for reducing false alarms in forest-firesComputer Communications, 2020
- Manufacturing of a landing gear using composite materials for an aerial targetJournal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019
- Challenge and Advantage of Materials in Design and Fabrication of Composite UAVIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
- Structural Analysis of a Composite Target-droneInternational Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 2011
- The Design and Construction of a Blended Wing Body UAV2011
- Composite Skid Landing Gear Design FeasibilityJournal of the American Helicopter Society, 2009