Title of dissertation: LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW VALIDATION USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WITH APPLICATION TO MICRO AIR VEHICLES Eric J. Schroeder, Master of Science, 2005 Thesis directed by: Associate Professor James D. Baeder Department of Aerospace Engineering The flow physics involved in low Reynolds number flow is investigated computationally to examine the fundamental flow properties ...

The MAV ’08 competition in Agra, India focused on the problem of using air and ground vehicles to locate and rescue hostages being held in a remote building. Executing this mission required addressing a number of technical challenges. The first such technical challenge was the design and operation of a micro air vehicle (MAV) capable of flying the necessary distance and carrying a sensor payloa...

Micro air vehicles' (MAVs) movements can be significantly affected by physical contact with unknown moving objects (UMOs) from a random direction. To address this problem, low-latency sensors (cameras or radars) and high-speed processors are installed in six directions of aerial vehicles. However, method is limited hardware costs, load, energy. In article, fast recovery strategy for MAVs propos...

The MAV ’08 competition focused on the problem of using air and ground vehicles to locate and rescue hostages being held in a remote building. To execute this mission, a number of technical challenges were addressed, including designing the micro air vehicle (MAV), using the MAV to geo-locate ground targets, and planning the motion of ground vehicles to reach the hostage location without detect...

3D techniques are increasingly used in aerospace industry to improve quality and performance of aircrafts. This paper presents a 3D imaging technique for studying the aerodynamic shape and flight performance of micro air vehicles. 3D stereoscopic vision, based upon stroboscopic imaging, was utilized to obtain the 3D information of the aircraft’s flexible aerodynamic surface. The aircraft models...

Autoland controllers are prevalent for both large and small/micro unmanned aerial vehicles, but very few are available for medium-sized unmanned air vehicles. These vehicles tend to have limited sensors and instrumentation, yet must possess good performance in the presence of modeling uncertainties and exogenous inputs such as turbulence. Quantitative feedback theory has been reported in the li...