Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon

This thesis describes the strategy used for designing the structural modular layout for the Blended Wing Body (BWB) Baseline II-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) airplane. In order to give UAV more flexibility in terms of availability of flight mission, there was a need for a quick and ease of assemb...

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Main Author:	Katon, Matzaini
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Structural analysis and design of air frames
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14006/1/TM_MATZAINI%20KATON%20EM%2014_5.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.140062022-03-30T05:46:19Z Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon 2014-07 Katon, Matzaini Structural analysis and design of air frames This thesis describes the strategy used for designing the structural modular layout for the Blended Wing Body (BWB) Baseline II-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) airplane. In order to give UAV more flexibility in terms of availability of flight mission, there was a need for a quick and ease of assembly and disassembly’s process for the airframe. The goal of this research was to design a BWB modular airframe, focusing on the ease of airframe assembly and disassembly. Morphological Method and Pugh Method were used as the concept generation and evaluation tools in designing the BWB airframe. The BWB was divided into 5 main modules; wing-body module, starboard and portside module and, right-side and left-side canards module. CATIA, a Computational Aided Design (CAD) software was used to build the three dimensional (3-D) model of the airframe. MSC Patran/Nastran was used as the finite element (FE) analysis tool to analyze the BWB airframe static strength. Analysis was done focusing on the stress and deflections results. FE models for the airframe were developed in MSC Patran. CQUAD4, CTRIA3, CBEAM and CBAR elements were used to represent the individual components of the airframe such as spar and frames. Validation of FE static analysis was done using the static theoretical analysis in the form of stress calculations using simple beam theory. The airframe design was based on the +3.8 g flight load. Sizing of joints between modules was done through the use of empirical analysis. Internal forces induced in the connector between modules were used to size the joints. Approach using the CAD and Computational Aided Engineering (CAE) platform for designing the modular BWB airplane has been shown in this research. Design of the airframe proposed here had been analytically proven to be safe. 2014-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14006/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14006/1/TM_MATZAINI%20KATON%20EM%2014_5.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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topic	Structural analysis and design of air frames
spellingShingle	Structural analysis and design of air frames Katon, Matzaini Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon
description	This thesis describes the strategy used for designing the structural modular layout for the Blended Wing Body (BWB) Baseline II-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) airplane. In order to give UAV more flexibility in terms of availability of flight mission, there was a need for a quick and ease of assembly and disassembly’s process for the airframe. The goal of this research was to design a BWB modular airframe, focusing on the ease of airframe assembly and disassembly. Morphological Method and Pugh Method were used as the concept generation and evaluation tools in designing the BWB airframe. The BWB was divided into 5 main modules; wing-body module, starboard and portside module and, right-side and left-side canards module. CATIA, a Computational Aided Design (CAD) software was used to build the three dimensional (3-D) model of the airframe. MSC Patran/Nastran was used as the finite element (FE) analysis tool to analyze the BWB airframe static strength. Analysis was done focusing on the stress and deflections results. FE models for the airframe were developed in MSC Patran. CQUAD4, CTRIA3, CBEAM and CBAR elements were used to represent the individual components of the airframe such as spar and frames. Validation of FE static analysis was done using the static theoretical analysis in the form of stress calculations using simple beam theory. The airframe design was based on the +3.8 g flight load. Sizing of joints between modules was done through the use of empirical analysis. Internal forces induced in the connector between modules were used to size the joints. Approach using the CAD and Computational Aided Engineering (CAE) platform for designing the modular BWB airplane has been shown in this research. Design of the airframe proposed here had been analytically proven to be safe.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Katon, Matzaini
author_facet	Katon, Matzaini
author_sort	Katon, Matzaini
title	Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon
title_short	Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon
title_full	Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon
title_fullStr	Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon
title_full_unstemmed	Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon
title_sort	design for modularity of blended wing body (bwb) baseline ii-e2 unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) / matzaini katon
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2014
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14006/1/TM_MATZAINI%20KATON%20EM%2014_5.pdf
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Design for modularity of Blended Wing Body (BWB) baseline ii-E2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Matzaini Katon

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