Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles combine the advantages of multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft, offering features like rapid takeoff and landing, extended endurance, and wide flight conditions. This article provides a summary of the design, modeling, and control of a composite tilt-rotor. During m...
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| description | Tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles combine the advantages of multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft, offering features like rapid takeoff and landing, extended endurance, and wide flight conditions. This article provides a summary of the design, modeling, and control of a composite tilt-rotor. During modeling process, aerodynamic modeling was performed on the tilting and non-tilting parts based on the subcomponent modeling method, and CFD simulation analysis was conducted on the entire unmanned aerial vehicle to obtain its accurate aerodynamic characteristics. In the process of modeling the motor propeller, the reduction of motor thrust and torque due to forward flow and tilt angle velocity is thoroughly examined, which is usually ignored in most tilt UAV propeller models. In the controller design, this paper proposes a fusion ADRC control strategy suitable for vertical takeoff and landing of this type of tiltrotor. The control system framework is built using Simulink, and the control algorithm’s efficiency has been verified through simulation testing. Through the proposed control scheme, it is possible for the composite tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle to smoothly transition between multirotor and fixed-wing flight modes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8f6c7eedf254e5292965a788539834b2024-03-27T13:33:59ZengMDPI AGDrones2504-446X2024-03-018310210.3390/drones8030102Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial VehicleZhuang Liang0Li Fan1Guangwei Wen2Zhixiong Xu3School of Aerospace Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaHuzhou Institute, Zhejiang University, Huzhou 313000, ChinaHuzhou Institute, Zhejiang University, Huzhou 313000, ChinaCollege of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, ChinaTilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles combine the advantages of multirotor and fixed-wing aircraft, offering features like rapid takeoff and landing, extended endurance, and wide flight conditions. This article provides a summary of the design, modeling, and control of a composite tilt-rotor. During modeling process, aerodynamic modeling was performed on the tilting and non-tilting parts based on the subcomponent modeling method, and CFD simulation analysis was conducted on the entire unmanned aerial vehicle to obtain its accurate aerodynamic characteristics. In the process of modeling the motor propeller, the reduction of motor thrust and torque due to forward flow and tilt angle velocity is thoroughly examined, which is usually ignored in most tilt UAV propeller models. In the controller design, this paper proposes a fusion ADRC control strategy suitable for vertical takeoff and landing of this type of tiltrotor. The control system framework is built using Simulink, and the control algorithm’s efficiency has been verified through simulation testing. Through the proposed control scheme, it is possible for the composite tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle to smoothly transition between multirotor and fixed-wing flight modes.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/3/102tilt-rotorflight dynamicsfusion ADRCcontrol simulation |
| spellingShingle | Zhuang Liang Li Fan Guangwei Wen Zhixiong Xu Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Drones tilt-rotor flight dynamics fusion ADRC control simulation |
| title | Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| title_full | Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| title_fullStr | Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| title_short | Design, Modeling, and Control of a Composite Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| title_sort | design modeling and control of a composite tilt rotor unmanned aerial vehicle |
| topic | tilt-rotor flight dynamics fusion ADRC control simulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/3/102 |
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