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Computational and Experimental Design of a Fixed-Wing UAV

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This chapter presents a detailed example for the design and manufacture of all aspects of a prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It further allows for the utilization of multi-segmented flight control surfaces on the wings of these UAVs. Adding multiple segments to UAV wings creates smaller control surfaces. By introducing smaller control surfaces, a wing can make refined adjustments to UAV performance while airborne. This unique technique will (i) apply localized correcting forces to the UAV, (ii) reduce structural deformation, (iii) minimize drag contribution due to control surface actuation, (iv) suppress and control structural resonance due to lift forces and vibrational modes, (v) reduce the weight of the structure, and (vi) improve the endurance of flights.

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Acknowledgments

The authors want to acknowledge and thank the technical support provided by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, all the faculty, and the students who have contributed in the past and present to the design and development of the Odyssey UAV at the Structures, Propulsion, And Control Engineering (SPACE) – a NASA sponsored University Research Center (URC) of Excellence at the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NASA University Research Center (SPACE), California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Helen Ryaciotaki-Boussalis

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NASA University Research Center (SPACE), California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Darrell Guillaume

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Correspondence to Helen Ryaciotaki-Boussalis or Darrell Guillaume .

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

    Kimon P. Valavanis

  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    George J. Vachtsevanos

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Ryaciotaki-Boussalis, H., Guillaume, D. (2015). Computational and Experimental Design of a Fixed-Wing UAV. In: Valavanis, K., Vachtsevanos, G. (eds) Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9707-1_121

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