Structural Analysis and Static Strength Testing of a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

 

Stevan Maksimović

Ivana Ilić

Dragutin Georgijević

Zoran Vasić

Marko Bojanić

Vanja Stefanović

 

This paper gives a short summary of the structural analysis and static strength testing results of specific structural parts of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV was mostly made of composite materials. The main attention was given to the structural analysis of the elements of the horizontal and vertical tails of the UAV. The structural analysis (based on the Finite Element Method) results were compared with the experimental results (displacement and stress state). Good correlation was achieved.

Key words: unmanned aerial vehicle, aircraft structure, composite materials, static strength, structural analysis, finite element method, experimental testing.