Title :
Design and analysis of a UAV for skydiving
Author :
How, David-Reyner C. ; Barbarich-Bacher, Bianca A. ; Stol, Karl A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
The design and development of an autonomous camera platform for skydiving is presented. The device was designed to be compact, lightweight, and aerodynamically stable. Behavior of the device under a nominal wind speed at varying angles of attack, was obtained through Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis (CFD). A prototype was constructed for the purpose of verifying the CFD and simulation models. Wind tunnel testing was conducted, verifying the aerodynamic stability and roll performance when compared to open-loop simulations. An experimental test in a vertical wind tunnel proved inconclusive due to high turbulence and swirl.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; autonomous aerial vehicles; cameras; computational fluid dynamics; control system synthesis; mobile robots; robot vision; stability; wind tunnels; CFD analysis; UAV design; aerodynamic stability; autonomous camera platform; computational fluid dynamics analysis; roll performance; skydiving; wind tunnel testing; Aerodynamics; Atmospheric modeling; Blades; Cameras; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Stability analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6009-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICUAS.2015.7152309
