Magnetic signature characterization of a fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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dc.contributor.authorHansen, Cody Robert Daniel
dc.contributor.supervisorSuleman, Afzal
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-17T19:34:06Z
dc.date.available2018-12-17T19:34:06Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-12-17
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Applied Science M.A.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe use of magnetometers combined with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging market for commercial and military applications. This study presents the methodology used to magnetically characterize a novel fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAV. The most challenging aspect of integrating magnetometers on manned or unmanned aircraft is minimizing the amount of magnetic noise generated by the aircraft’s onboard components. As magnetometer technology has improved in recent years magnetometer payloads have decreased in size. As a result, there has been an increase in opportunities to employ small to medium UAV with magnetometer applications. However, in comparison to manned aviation, small UAVs have smaller distance scales between sources of interference and sensors. Therefore, more robust magnetic characterization techniques are required specifically for UAVs. This characterization determined the most suitable position for the magnetometer payload by evaluating the aircraft’s static-field magnetic signature. For each aircraft component, the permanent and induced magnetic dipole moment characteristics were determined experimentally. These dipole characteristics were used to build three dimensional magnetic models of the aircraft. By assembling the dipoles in 3D space, analytical and numerical static-field solutions were obtained using MATLAB computational and COMSOL finite element analysis frameworks. Finally, Tolles and Lawson aeromagnetic compensation coefficients were computed and compared to evaluate the maneuver noise for various payload locations. The magnetic models were used to study the sensitivity of the aircraft configuration and to simultaneously predict the effects at potential sensor locations. The study concluded by predicting that a wingtip location was the area of lowest magnetic interference.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10413
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectunmanned aerial vehicleen_US
dc.subjectUASen_US
dc.subjectunmanned aircraft systemen_US
dc.subjectUAVen_US
dc.subjectVTOLen_US
dc.subjectVertical Take-off and Landingen_US
dc.subjectMADen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic anomalyen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic anomaly detectionen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic characterizationen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic signatureen_US
dc.subjectmagnetic signature characterizationen_US
dc.subjectdroneen_US
dc.subjectaeromagnetic surveyen_US
dc.subjectanti-submarine warfareen_US
dc.subjectASWen_US
dc.subjectUXO detectionen_US
dc.subjectgeomagnetic surveyen_US
dc.subjecttolles and lawsonen_US
dc.subjectCOMSOLen_US
dc.titleMagnetic signature characterization of a fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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