Preliminary empirical estimation of crash area for quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) crash on ground contributing to third-party risks (TPR)

• Main Authors: Sohail, Sherene, Low, Kin Huat, Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Sivakumar, Anush Kumar
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Flight simulation; Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Accidents and air safety; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164789
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As interest in commercial applications of small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in urbanized environments continues to rise, the safety issue of UAV failure and crashing a pedestrian on the ground has been raised. Currently available models to estimate the crash area are based on ballistic descent mod...