Drone Control Surfaces: A Piezoelectric Approach
Location
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Archived)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Marcel Ilie
Faculty Mentor Email
milie@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
End Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Program, Virtual Symposium, Nicholas Jenkins, Drone Control
Description
This thesis focuses on drone development from a flight control perspective by using piezoelectric actuators as ailerons. This was tested by simulating a piezoelectric actuator under full, half, and no power, attached to four different airfoils and subjected to three different headwind speeds.
Academic Unit
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Drone Control Surfaces: A Piezoelectric Approach
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
This thesis focuses on drone development from a flight control perspective by using piezoelectric actuators as ailerons. This was tested by simulating a piezoelectric actuator under full, half, and no power, attached to four different airfoils and subjected to three different headwind speeds.
Comments
A presentation of “Drone Control Surfaces: A Piezoelectric Approach” by Nicholas Jenkins at the Georgia Southern University Honors Program Fall 2020 Virtual Honors Symposium. Nicholas is a graduating senior with a major in Mechanical Engineering and was mentored by Dr. Marcel Ilie. For more information about Honors at Georgia Southern see https://georgiasouthern.edu/honors.