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UAV FUSELAGE DESIGN AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

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UAV FUSELAGE DESIGN AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Adnan Shahriara, Md. Mizanur Rahmana, Abu Saeed Md. Hasib,a Abdus Salam,psca

aDepartment of Aeronautical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract:

The purpose of this work is to study about the fuselage design by analyzing structural stress in various parts of the
fuselage body, selecting high specific strength materials and calculating better aerodynamic performances for all
kind of manoeuvrable operations. Fineness ratio is chosen in such a way it can exist in a proper aerodynamic shape
so that separation is avoided when possible and fuselage is designed in such a way to reduce drag as much as much
as possible and provide maximum lift. Maneuver operations always involve acceleration, turning, banking angle,
deceleration all of which will put the UAV under high loads, so structural stress is analyzed very carefully and in
calculation, we take high factor of safety. Material selection is one of the important factors to determine the total
cost, skin friction drag and strength of the structure. For fabrication of this UAV, high specific strengths materials
are used like Balsa wood sheets and aluminium sheets. We also use GI wire as one of the structural members due to
its availability. The total fuselage structure is drawn by Solidworks software.

Methodology:

Conceptual design of UAV fuselage Identify Loads on fuselage

Modification Arrange the fuselage parts

of the design
Match with other
groups’ data Rough calculation

Yes
No Final optimized
Improvement? conceptual design

Computer aided design Detailed design

Figure 1 Working Flow Chart

Conceptual design of UAV fuselage:

Fig 2:

Conceptual design of UAV fuselage (Isometric

view)
Material: Balsa wood, aluminium and GI wire.

Loads on fuselage:

1) For Pull up maneuver with load factor 8, Force= 78 x mass N

2) For Turn with descend maneuver downward force= 9.81 x mass N

Arrange fuselage parts:

Fuselage length= 10 ft, Fuselage diameter= 1.5 ft, Tail arm 65%, CG is selected to coinside with Wing aerodynamic
centre at full fuel condition.

Figure 1.2 Sections for Structural analysis

CAD using data from detailed design:

Title:

UAV fuselage structure (Isometric view)

Dimensions are in meters Structure member type by colour: Tolerance:
Name Date
Drawn Adnan Shahriar Red: Cable
Ash: Rigid members
Green: Not designed

Materials:
Cable: Kevlar
Rigid members: Aluminium
Green: N/A
Scale 1:1
 0.0010
R0.

0.005
227
80

0.47
8

0.035
0.027

0.40371

0.15

0.0015
0.48
0.025 0.02
0.51

0
0.20 1.530.48

0.0015
0.0055

0.02700
0.23
0.48 0.42846
0.51

0.037
0.63

20
1.
0.03

1.525000 0.83

Front view Right hand side view

1.0667

3.05

0.01

8
1.53

1.522502
0.32

0.14

0.10
0.10

Title:

UAV fuselage structure

Dimensions are in meters Structure member type by colour: Tolerance:
Name Date
Drawn Adnan Shahriar
1.100

Materials:

Bottom view Cable: Kevlar

Rigid members: Aluminium
Green: N/A
Scale 1:1
Isometric view

Title:

UAV fuselage structure (Without cables)

Dimensions are in meters Structure member type by colour: Tolerance:
Name Date
Drawn Adnan Shahriar

Materials:
Aluminium

Scale 1:1
 1.0667
0.01

Isometric view
0.0080

Top view
0.027

0.0040

0.02200

0.0180

0.2025
0.23

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED: DEBUR AND

DO NOT SCALE DRAWING REVISION

Front view
DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS BREAK SHARP
EDGES

TITLE:

Fuselage structure
NAME SIGNATURE DATE

DRAWN Adnan Shahriar 28/12/14

(Front section)
CHK'D

APPV'D

MFG

01
Q.A MATERIAL:
A1
DWG NO.
Cable: kevlar
Rigid members: Aluminium

WEIGHT: SCALE:1:1 SHEET 1 OF 1

 0.0015

0.01

0.02
0.02

0.01
0.02700

0.01

0
0.42846

0.037000

0.02700
0.006000

0.01
0.48
0.51

0.01

0.01
1.525000

Front view Right hand side view

3.05

0.01
0.01

0.01
0.01

0.02

3.05

Top view

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED: DEBUR AND

DO NOT SCALE DRAWING REVISION
DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS BREAK SHARP
EDGES

TITLE:

Fuselage structure
NAME SIGNATURE DATE

DRAWN Adnan Shahriar 28/12/14

(Central section)
CHK'D

APPV'D

MFG

01
Q.A MATERIAL:
A1
DWG NO.
Cable: kevlar
Rigid members: Aluminium

WEIGHT: SCALE:1:1 SHEET 1 OF 1

 0.50
0.01

0.01
0.01

0.13

0.01
0.12

0.14

0.11
0.02
0.10

0.01
0.02

0.01
0.0055
1.4200

1.53
1.5050

0.01
0.0250

Top view
Right hand side view

0.01
0.035
0.02

0.025

Front view
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED: DEBUR AND
DO NOT SCALE DRAWING REVISION
DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS BREAK SHARP
EDGES

TITLE:

Fuselage structure
NAME SIGNATURE DATE

DRAWN Adnan Shahriar 28/12/14

(Back section)
CHK'D

APPV'D

MFG

01
Q.A MATERIAL:
A1
DWG NO.
Cable: kevlar
Rigid members: Aluminium

WEIGHT: SCALE:1:1 SHEET 1 OF 1

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