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dc.contributor.authorEpps, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorGaranger, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorFeron, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-24T06:57:38Z
dc.date.available2021-02-24T06:57:38Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.identifier.citationEpps, J., Garanger, K., & Feron, E. (2020). Wake Interactions Of A Tetrahedron Quadcopter. 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). doi:10.1109/icuas48674.2020.9214004
dc.identifier.isbn9781728142784
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/icuas48674.2020.9214004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10754/667639
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the influence of the placement of a quadcopter's rotors with a tetrahedron shape on its produced thrust. A tetrahedron quadcopter is a rotorcraft with four horizontal rotors, including an upper rotor and three lower rotors placed equidistant around the upper rotor on a lower plane. The goal of this aircraft design is to create an airframe that is structurally rigid in 3-dimensions while being as efficient as an aircraft that has its rotors on the same vertical plane. Due to the wake interaction between the top and bottom propellers, a reduction of thrust is expected compared to a placement of the rotors on the same plane when rotors are close enough. The results presented in this paper illustrate how the wake interactions impact the performance of several configurations of the tetrahedron quadcopter.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the Dutton/Ducoffe Professorship at Georgia Tech and the KAUST baseline budget. The authors would like to thank the RISC lab at KAUST and more specifically Kuat Telegenov for providing advice, equipment, and access to their facilities.
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
dc.relation.urlhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9214004/
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to IEEE
dc.titleWake Interactions Of A Tetrahedron Quadcopter
dc.typeConference Paper
dc.contributor.departmentComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
dc.conference.date2020-09-01 to 2020-09-04
dc.conference.name2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2020
dc.conference.locationAthens, GRC
dc.eprint.versionPre-print
dc.contributor.institutionGeorgia Institute of Technology,Decision and Control Laboratory,Atlanta,GA,USA,30332
dc.identifier.pages1852-1859
kaust.personFeron, Eric M.
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85094954484
refterms.dateFOA2021-03-03T05:24:34Z


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