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Design and manufacture of umanned aerial vehicles (UAV) wing structure using composite materials
Author(s) -
Grodzki W.,
Łukaszewicz A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
materialwissenschaft und werkstofftechnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1521-4052
pISSN - 0933-5137
DOI - 10.1002/mawe.201500351
Subject(s) - airplane , wing , mechanical engineering , process (computing) , composite number , displacement (psychology) , engineering , structural engineering , aerospace engineering , computer science , engineering drawing , composite material , materials science , psychology , psychotherapist , operating system
This paper presents possibilities of simulating composites materials in SolidWorks environment and selected aspects of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design and manufacturing process (real airplane model was used in Air Cargo Challenge 2013 competition). First part of article contains informations about types of composite materials, mechanical properties and their structures. UAV wing design process is presented as multistage task. Next part of manuscript includes numerical analysis which deals with two cases of composites structures: laminates and sandwich composites. Differences in values of displacement and principal stresses (P1, P3) were shown in considered structures based on equal boundary conditions. Final part of article deals with development of manufacture process.