Simulation and analysis of perching maneuvers for morphing UAVs

Author

He Zhen ; Lu Yuping ; Zheng Manman

Author_Institution

Coll. of Autom. Eng., NUAA, Nanjing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

28-30 July 2014

Firstpage

6769

Lastpage

6774

Abstract

Multi-body dynamic modeling, simulation and analysis are investigated for perching maneuvers of a kind of morphing aircraft. The effective morphing aircraft configuration for perching maneuvers is discussed. Multi-body dynamic model is established for the longitudinal dynamics of morphing aircraft performing a perching maneuver. The effects of morphing structures on enhancing perching performance are analyzed by using theoretical analysis and trim calculation. The longitudinal motion of morphing aircraft in perching maneuver is simulated. The comparison of various simulation results verifies the capability of morphing structures to enhance perching performance.

Keywords

aerospace simulation; autonomous aerial vehicles; longitudinal dynamics; longitudinal motion; morphing UAV; morphing aircraft configuration; morphing structures; multibody dynamic modeling; multibody dynamic simulation; perching maneuver; perching performance; trim calculation; Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Aircraft propulsion; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Electronic mail; Morphing aircraft; Perching maneuver; Simulation; dynamic modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (CCC), 2014 33rd Chinese

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ChiCC.2014.6896114

Filename

6896114