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Multi-Objective Design of a Distributed Ducted Fan System
Aerospace, 2022 The distributed propulsion system applied to the vertical take-off and landing aircraft must maintain the high performance in both hover and cruise flight.
Jiahao Guo, Zhou Zhou
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Ducted Fan Hovering and Transition in Ground Effect
Aerospace, 2022 Ducted fans installed on vertical takeoff and landing vehicles experience significant ground effect during takeoff and landing. The aerodynamic characteristics of a ducted fan hovering and transitioning in the ground effect are studied using numerical ...
Yanxiong Zhao, Yun Tian, Zhiqiang Wan
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Aerospace, 2022 The distributed electric propulsion (DEP) eVTOL aircraft has gained rising interest for its promising potential in high-speed cruise compared with conventional tilt-rotor configuration.
Tielin Ma +5 more
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Safe Reinforcement Learning for Transition Control of Ducted-Fan UAVs
Drones, 2023 Ducted-fan tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide versatility and unique benefits, attracting significant attention in various applications.
Yanbo Fu, Wenjie Zhao, Liu Liu
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Modeling of a Novel Coaxial Ducted Fan Aerial Robot Combined with Corner Environment by Using Artificial Neural Network. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2020 A novel coaxial ducted fan aerial robot with a manipulator is proposed which can achieve some hover operation tasks in a corner environment, such as switching on and off a wall-attached button on the corner. In order to study the aerodynamic interference
Ai T, Xu B, Xiang C, Fan W, Zhang Y.
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Thermal Benefits of a Cooling Guide Vane for an Electrical Machine in an Electric Ducted Fan
Aerospace, 2022 Equipped with a distributed electric propulsion system, eVTOL is the primary vehicle for future urban air mobility. The electrical machine determines the weight of the distributed electric propulsion system, and the cooling capability determines the ...
Xuanyang Hu +5 more
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Drones, 2022 This paper proposes a model predictive control (MPC) approach for ducted fan aerial robots using physics-informed machine learning (ML), where the task is to fully exploit the capabilities of the predictive control design with an accurate dynamic model ...
Tayyab Manzoor +3 more
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Modeling and control of a novel facade cleaning robot with four-ducted fan drive
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2021 With the development of modern cities, the demand for cleaning glass curtain walls in urban skyscrapers is increasing, and therefore, many researches on facade cleaning robots have been carried out in the past few decades.
Xiao-Peng Li, Xin Wang, Bin Feng
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Preliminary design and evaluation of a ducted-fan type pipeline robot
ROBOMECH JournalPipelines are crucial infrastructure supporting human life, yet their maintenance costs are substantial, necessitating the development of time-efficient robotic systems.
Shota Miyake +3 more
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International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2020 The tail rotor of a helicopter operating under low-speed crosswind undergoes highly complex flow due to the interaction between the main rotor, fuselage, and tail rotor system.
Nahyeon Roh, Sejong Oh, Donghun Park
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