Investigation of Empennage Location Effect to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Structure Characteristic

Authors

  • Farid Danial Norazman Research Centre for Unmanned Vehicle (ReCUV), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
  • Ahmad Hamdan Ariffin Green Design and Manufacture Research Group, Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kangar 01000, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Mohd Rahmat Firman Sahifulddin Double One Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd, No 14-G & 14-1, Jalan Bulan By U5/By, Bandar Pinggiran Subang, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Irfan Abdul Rahim Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi Mekanikal, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kangar 01000, Perlis, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.113.1.112

Keywords:

UAV, SolidWorks, simulation, empennage, composite, structure

Abstract

Over the past few decades, unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as UAVs, have been widely used in a number of consumer and military applications, such as surveillance, tracking, monitoring, and aerial photography. Fixed-wing and rotary UAVs are the two primary categories in UAV. Interestingly, the hybridization of fixed-wing and rotary UAV gives better performance in terms of energy consumption and the needs of runaway. Designing new hybrid fixed wing-rotary UAV or hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) is challenging especially to identify the critical location in the UAV and material selection.  Therefore, the objective of this research is to study the effect of empennage location and material selection on the structural strength of a hybrid VTOL UAV. The SolidWorks software was employed to design a 3D model of the UAV with different empennage locations, as well as perform a simulation of the structural strength of fibre glass, carbon fibre and kenaf for the hybrid VTOL UAV. The simulation analysis presents stress (Von Mises). The results show that the fibre glass (4.342 N/m2) at top empennage gives the best performance as compared to other parameters. In conclusion, this study is necessary to give a better picture of structural strength of composite materials and best design location in hybrid VTOL UAV for future research.

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Author Biographies

Farid Danial Norazman, Research Centre for Unmanned Vehicle (ReCUV), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

cd200008@siswa.uthm.edu.my

Ahmad Hamdan Ariffin, Green Design and Manufacture Research Group, Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kangar 01000, Perlis, Malaysia

ahmadh@uthm.edu.my

Mohd Rahmat Firman Sahifulddin, Double One Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd, No 14-G & 14-1, Jalan Bulan By U5/By, Bandar Pinggiran Subang, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

 rahmat@txasb.com

Irfan Abdul Rahim, Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Teknologi Mekanikal, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kangar 01000, Perlis, Malaysia

irfanrahim@unimap.edu.my

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Published

2024-01-22

How to Cite

Farid Danial Norazman, Ahmad Hamdan Ariffin, Mohd Rahmat Firman Sahifulddin, & Irfan Abdul Rahim. (2024). Investigation of Empennage Location Effect to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Structure Characteristic. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Mechanics, 113(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.113.1.112

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