Multidisciplinary design of an unmanned aerial vehicle wing

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Sakarya, Arzu

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In this thesis, the structural design, structural analysis and producibility analysis of an unmanned aerial vehicle wing were performed. Three different wing models, made of different materials, were designed. The wings were aluminum wing model and composite wing models; made of prepreg and wet lay-up. All wings have the same aerodynamic geometry and structural configuration under the same flight conditions. The structural designs of three wings were done by using Unigraphics NX. The finite element modeling of the wings were built by using MSC Patran package program. After the application of the loads on models, structural analyses were performed by MSC Nastran. Finally, the producibility analysis of prepreg wing model was conducted by using FiberSIM package program. The prepreg wing model was selected as optimum design with studies conducted in the study considering weight, producibility, cruise and gust stress and displacement conditions.

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Aeronautics., Aeronautical Engineering.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613606/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21029

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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A. Sakarya, “Multidisciplinary design of an unmanned aerial vehicle wing,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2011.