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AN AUTOMATED MEASURING COMPLEX FOR RESEARCH PARAMETERS OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
Oleg V. Drozd1, Pavel V. Avlasko2
Abstract. When research, design and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), a key role belongs to automated measuring complexes for its simulation and prototyping electromechanical system with digital control. The complex is based on the modular measuring platform and also includes a set of various sensitive elements for forces, vibration, speed, torque, video and sound registration. Design and debugging of such system is suggested performs by use model-based approach with automated simulation tools. In the article, the simulation model for research parameters of unmanned aerial vehicles is discussed. This model is suggested to develop based on Gough–Stewart platform (6-axes platform manipulator) with UAV mounted on it. The researched model includes the UAV’s trajectory generator, automatic control device for UAV, kinematic manipulator model and decision subsystem to define the current attitude of the manipulator dynamic side. Also, the presented model can function in conjunction with the user interface of the measuring complex and can be used to evaluate the parameters of complex functioning. The article also describes the procedure for one of the functional assessment stages of the UAV engine test complex, notably, the assessment of the tensometric measurement accuracy.
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle, simulation, functional modeling, Gough–Stewart platform, model-based approach
For citation: Drozd O. V., Avlasko P. V. An automated measuring complex for research parameters of unmanned aerial vehicle // Digitalization. 2022, 3 (2), pp. 31—40. [in Russian]. https://doi.org/10.37993/2712-8733-2022-3-2-31-40. EDN: EKDTKR
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