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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438218603321

Autore

Kucinski William

Titolo

So you want to design engines : UAV propulsion systems / / William Kucinski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warrendale, PA : , : Society of Automotive Engineers, , 2018

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2018]

ISBN

0-7680-9178-0

0-7680-9175-6

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 PDF (72 pages)

Collana

Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications.

Disciplina

629.3

Soggetti

Drone aircraft

Automatic pilot (Airplanes)

Airplanes - Motors - Design and construction

Propulsion systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Achieving reliable cold starts in a stepped piston engine -- Chapter 2. Exploring a series hybrid-electric arrangement -- Chapter 3. Distributed hydrogen-fueled propulsion for Hale UAVs -- Chapter 4. Rotary power beyond the wankel -- Chapter 5. Plasma propelled UAVs and dielectric barrier discharge.

Sommario/riassunto

This book will cover several UAV propulsion technologies, ranging from modification of conservative designs to assessing the potential of unconventional arrangements. Each chapter provides a glimpse of how researchers are leveraging different fuel types, powerplants, and system architectures in the pursuit of powerful, efficient, and robust UAV propulsion. By developing higher-performing propulsion systems--whether through the refinement of existing technologies like two-stroke heavy-fuel engines and hybrid-electric arrangements or the investigation of new concepts such as dielectric barrier discharge--ngineers will be able to increase UAV capabilities for the world' developing aviation needs.