Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle

The designs of small-scale unmanned aerial, land and water vehicles are currently being researched in both civilian and military applications. However, these unmanned vehicles are limited to only one and two mode of operation. The problems arise when a mission is required for two and three-mode o...

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Main Author:	Arhami, Arhami
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) TA630-695 Structural engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/1/24p%20ARHAMI.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/2/ARHAMI%20WATERMARK.pdf
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.21932021-10-31T04:00:18Z Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle 2013-04 Arhami, Arhami TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA630-695 Structural engineering (General) The designs of small-scale unmanned aerial, land and water vehicles are currently being researched in both civilian and military applications. However, these unmanned vehicles are limited to only one and two mode of operation. The problems arise when a mission is required for two and three-mode of operation, it take two or three units of vehicles to support the mission. This thesis presents the design and analysis of an Unmanned Small-scale Air-Land-Water Vehicle (USALWaV). The vehicle named as a “three-mode vehicle”, is aimed to be an innovative vehicle that could ﬂy, move on the land and traversing the water surface for search and rescue, and surveillance missions. The design process starts with an analysis of requirements to translate the customer needs using a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) matrix. A design concept was generated by developing an optimal conﬁguration for the platform using QFD with a non-exhaustive comparison method. A detailed analysis of the concept followed by designing, analyzing and developing main components of the drive train, main frame, main rotor, rotor blades, control system, transmission system, pontoon mechanism and propeller system. Further, the analysis was done to determine the vehicle weight, aerodynamics, and stability using several software; SolidWorks, XFLR5, and Matlab. Then, the model of USALWaV has been fabricated, tested and successfully operates using remote control system. The ﬁnal USALWaV conﬁguration is main coaxial rotor 460 mm in diameter, propeller diameter 85 mm, weighing 550 grams; it is capable of hovering and ﬂying with forward speed between 0 and 0.7 m/s, move forward and backward speed between 0 and 0.11 m/s, and operation speed between 0 and 0.47 m/s on the water surface. It is powered by an Xtreme Lithium Polymer battery, and has an endurance of 10 minutes. The main contribution of this design results is provide a new concept of an unmanned vehicle system in three-mode of operation i.e. in air, land and water surface. 2013-04 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/1/24p%20ARHAMI.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/2/ARHAMI%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral Universiti Tun Hussein Malaysia Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal dan Pembuatan
institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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language	English English
topic	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) TA630-695 Structural engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) TA630-695 Structural engineering (General) Arhami, Arhami Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
description	The designs of small-scale unmanned aerial, land and water vehicles are currently being researched in both civilian and military applications. However, these unmanned vehicles are limited to only one and two mode of operation. The problems arise when a mission is required for two and three-mode of operation, it take two or three units of vehicles to support the mission. This thesis presents the design and analysis of an Unmanned Small-scale Air-Land-Water Vehicle (USALWaV). The vehicle named as a “three-mode vehicle”, is aimed to be an innovative vehicle that could ﬂy, move on the land and traversing the water surface for search and rescue, and surveillance missions. The design process starts with an analysis of requirements to translate the customer needs using a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) matrix. A design concept was generated by developing an optimal conﬁguration for the platform using QFD with a non-exhaustive comparison method. A detailed analysis of the concept followed by designing, analyzing and developing main components of the drive train, main frame, main rotor, rotor blades, control system, transmission system, pontoon mechanism and propeller system. Further, the analysis was done to determine the vehicle weight, aerodynamics, and stability using several software; SolidWorks, XFLR5, and Matlab. Then, the model of USALWaV has been fabricated, tested and successfully operates using remote control system. The ﬁnal USALWaV conﬁguration is main coaxial rotor 460 mm in diameter, propeller diameter 85 mm, weighing 550 grams; it is capable of hovering and ﬂying with forward speed between 0 and 0.7 m/s, move forward and backward speed between 0 and 0.11 m/s, and operation speed between 0 and 0.47 m/s on the water surface. It is powered by an Xtreme Lithium Polymer battery, and has an endurance of 10 minutes. The main contribution of this design results is provide a new concept of an unmanned vehicle system in three-mode of operation i.e. in air, land and water surface.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Arhami, Arhami
author_facet	Arhami, Arhami
author_sort	Arhami, Arhami
title	Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
title_short	Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
title_full	Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
title_fullStr	Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
title_full_unstemmed	Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
title_sort	design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal dan Pembuatan
publishDate	2013
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/1/24p%20ARHAMI.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2193/2/ARHAMI%20WATERMARK.pdf
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Design and analysis of an unmanned small-scale air-land-water vehicle

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