Design of a shrouded rotor with optimal thrust and energy efficiency in unmanned aerial vehicles

• Main Authors: Chua, Jan Chester, Loveranes, Angelo, MacAndog, Lester Adrian, Reyes, Robert Matthew, Augusto, Gerardo L., Gan Lim, Laurence A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Drone aircraft; Rotors; ANSYS (Computer system); Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1760; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2759/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aims to improve the energy efficiency and increase the thrust power of an unmanned aerial vehicles by implementing shrouded rotors. First, a shroud design was created based on previous studies into shroud lip design and diffuser configurations. Three parameters, the leading-edge lip radiu...