Aerodynamic efficiency and performance enhancement of fixed-wing UAVs

P Panagiotou, K Yakinthos - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work aims in providing guidelines for the aerodynamic and performance
optimization of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that operate in the low-speed …

Conceptual design of a blended wing body MALE UAV

P Panagiotou, S Fotiadis-Karras, K Yakinthos - Aerospace Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The current work is an aerodynamic design study of a Blended Wing Body (BWB) Medium-
Altitude-Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV). Using a combined …

Aerodynamic design of a MALE UAV

P Panagiotou, P Kaparos, C Salpingidou… - Aerospace Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study the aerodynamic design procedure of a Medium-Altitude-Long-
Endurance (MALE) Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV) is presented. The procedure is broken …

Conceptual design of a hybrid solar MALE UAV

P Panagiotou, I Tsavlidis, K Yakinthos - Aerospace Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study presents the conceptual design of a hybrid solar Medium-Altitude-Long-
Endurance Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (MALE UAV) designed to perform surveillance-related …

CAx techniques used in UAV design process

A Łukaszewicz, K Szafran… - 2020 IEEE 7th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this paper is to show possibilities of CAx techniques use in UAV branch. The
main aspects contributing to the development of the UAV industry are exposed. Selected …

Aerodynamic design of a tactical Blended-Wing-Body UAV for the aerial delivery of cargo and lifesaving supplies

P Panagiotou, D Mitridis, T Dimopoulos… - AIAA Scitech 2020 …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The current study presents the aerodynamic design procedure of a tactical UAV, whose
mission is to swiftly deliver several kilograms of cargo and lifesaving supplies at isolated …

Propulsion sizing correlations for electrical and fuel powered unmanned aerial vehicles

V Alulema, E Valencia, E Cando, V Hidalgo… - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the increasing demand of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for a wide range of
civil applications, there are few methodologies for their initial sizing. Nowadays, classical …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning approach for predicting key design parameters in UAV conceptual design

OI Bajwa, HA Baluch, HA Saeed - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The initial concept of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) design is complicated and unique
due to performance parameters like payload capacity, engine power, endurance, service …

Machine learning techniques for predicting uav design parameters: Overview, methodology and potential benefits

OI Bajwa, HA Baluch, HA Saeed - 2022 19th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Estimating the performance parameters of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in early concept
appraisal is complicated due to wide variety of mission types and corresponding flight …

Finite element method on topology optimization applied to laminate composite of fuselage structure

A Aribowo, MI Adhynugraha, FC Megawanto… - Curved and Layered …, 2023 - degruyter.com
This research applies a numerical study of topology optimization of laminate composite
structures by using a finite element method (FEM). In this methodology, the plies orientation …