Perching aircraft dynamics and control optimization

• Main Author: Mau, Zao Min.
• Other Authors: Go Tiauw Hiong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aerodynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16202
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This final year project covers the optimization of aircraft perching maneuver through geometric reconfiguration or morphing. A novel Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) model which adopts canard configuration and variable-incidence outer wings is specially designed for the analysis of perching maneuver. A...