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Katsumi Watanabe, Takuma Shibata and Masazumi Ueba
In recent years, the use of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has expanded, and the use of fixed-wing UAVs is expected to expand due to their usefulness for long-range operations. Different from manned aircraft, no provision is required regardin...
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Pablo Brusola, Sergio Garcia-Nieto, Jose Vicente Salcedo, Miguel Martinez and Robert H. Bishop
This paper presents a mathematical modeling approach utilizing a fuzzy modeling framework for fixed-wing aircraft systems with the goal of creating a highly desirable mathematical representation for model-based control design applications. The starting p...
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Chenglou Liu, Fangfang Xie and Tingwei Ji
Formation path planning is a significant cornerstone for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm intelligence. Previous methods were not suitable for large-scale UAV formation, which suffered from poor formation maintenance and low planning efficiency. To th...
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T. Espinoza-Fraire, Armando Saenz, Isaac Gandarilla and Wojciech Giernacki
This work applies an adaptive PD controller based on MRAS (Model Reference Adaptive System) using Lyapunov theory with sliding mode theory to a Fixed-wing MAV (Mini Aerial Vehicle). The objective is to design different adjustment mechanisms to obtain a r...
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Catharina Moreira, Nikolai Herzog and Christian Breitsamter
Recent developments in electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles show the need for a better understanding of transient aero-mechanical propeller loads for non-axial inflow conditions. The variety of vehicle configurations conceptualized w...
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Neboj?a Lukic, Toni Ivanov, Jelena Svorcan and Aleksandar Simonovic
A novel concept of morphing airfoils, capable of changing camber and thickness, is proposed. A variable airfoil shape, defined by six input parameters, is achieved by allowing the three spinal points (at fixed axial positions) to slide vertically, while ...
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Ivan Kostic, Aleksandar Simonovic, Olivera Kostic, Du?an Ivkovic and Dragoljub Tanovic
This paper presents the second stage of a tandem fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerodynamic development. In the initial stage, the UAV was optimized by analyzing its characteristics only in symmetrical flight conditions. Posted requirements wer...
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Miguel-Ángel Fas-Millán, Andreas Pick, Daniel González del Río, Alejandro Paniagua Tineo and Rubén García García
Within the framework of the European Union?s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, one of the main goals of the Labyrinth project was to develop and test the Conflict Management services of a U-space-based Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system...
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Siliang Du, Yi Zha and Qijun Zhao
The concept of the Fan Wing, a novel aircraft vector-force-integrated device that combines a power unit with a fixed wing to generate distributed lift and thrust by creating a low-pressure vortex on the wing?s surface, was studied. To investigate the uni...
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Gang Wang, Guosheng Xu, Yukun Wang, Yimeng Yao, Kun Wang, Xi Hu, Heyao Sun and Jingwang Liu
Considering the deployment characteristics of the folding wing, this paper proposed three deployment modes, synchronous deployment, fixed-axis?non-fixed-axis stepwise deployment, and non-fixed-axis?fixed-axis stepwise deployment, to obtain the optimal de...
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