Tempro-spatial measurement of wind speed/direction using rotary-wing UAVs

拟议的研究重点是设计和开发一种测风装置（即，风速计）**，可安装在旋翼无人机（RWUAV）上，用于时间和空间 ** 风速/风向测量。一个具有挑战性的研究问题是推导螺旋桨旋转产生的气动力的数学和预测模型，称为“螺旋桨洗流”，以及它们对风速计测量的影响，并通过在受控环境中进行的实验验证模型。该项目是与加拿大BC省的INDRO Robotics合作的。第一次，将研究由于RWUAV的跨国/旋转运动沿着螺旋桨的旋转速度和连接到RWUAV的风速计而产生的空气动力诱导力之间的相互作用的综合数学模型。本研究开发了一个软件套件，** 可用于计算风速/风向在高速率和高空间分辨率的风速计 ** 连接到一个通用的RWUAV。

The proposed research focuses on the design and development of a wind-measuring device (i.e., anemometer)**that can be mounted on Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RWUAV) for temporal and spatial**measurement of wind speed/direction. A challenging research problem is to derive mathematical and prediction**models on the aerodynamic forces due to the rotation of the propellers called "prop wash" and their effects on**the anemometer measurements and verification of the model via experiments conducted in a controlled**environment. This project is a collaboration with INDRO Robotics in BC, Canada. For the first time, a**comprehensive mathematical model of the interaction between the aerodynamically-induced forces generated**due to transnational/rotational motion of the RWUAV along with the rotational speed of propellers and an**anemometer attached to the RWUAV will be studied. This research results in developing a software suite that**can be used for calculating the wind speed/direction at high rate and high spatial resolution for an anemometer**attached to a generic RWUAV.