Performance characteristic of an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) is investigated using a newly developed heuristic approach. Almost all flight phases of any air vehicle can be categorized into trim and maneuvering flights. In this paper, a new envelope called trim-ability envelope, is introduced and sketched within the conventional flight envelope for a small UAV. Optimal maneuverability of the intended UAV is evaluated for minimum time pull-up and turn maneuvers. For both the trim and the maneuver problems, the nonlinear 6DOF dynamic models as well as the vehicle constraints are considered. A heuristic based constrained optimization approach is developed to solve both the trim and maneuver problems. Several interesting performance characteristics are extracted. The results are indicative of a good potential for the proposed algorithm to handle complex constrained optimization problems in aerospace engineering .
Karimi,J. , Dr. Pourtakdoust,S. H. and Nobahari,H. (2011). Trim and Maneuverability Analysis Using a New Constrained PSO Approach of a UAV. Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, 8(1), 45-56.
MLA
Karimi,J. , , Dr. Pourtakdoust,S. H. , and Nobahari,H. . "Trim and Maneuverability Analysis Using a New Constrained PSO Approach of a UAV", Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, 8, 1, 2011, 45-56.
HARVARD
Karimi J., Dr. Pourtakdoust S. H., Nobahari H. (2011). 'Trim and Maneuverability Analysis Using a New Constrained PSO Approach of a UAV', Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, 8(1), pp. 45-56.
CHICAGO
J. Karimi, S. H. Dr. Pourtakdoust and H. Nobahari, "Trim and Maneuverability Analysis Using a New Constrained PSO Approach of a UAV," Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, 8 1 (2011): 45-56,
VANCOUVER
Karimi J., Dr. Pourtakdoust S. H., Nobahari H. Trim and Maneuverability Analysis Using a New Constrained PSO Approach of a UAV. Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, 2011; 8(1): 45-56.
