Outputs (6)

Transient bio-inspired gliders with embodied humidity responsive actuators for environmental sensing (2022)
Journal Article
Wiesemüller, F., Meng, Z., Hu, Y., Farinha, A., Govdeli, Y., Nguyen, P. H., …Kovač, M. (in press). Transient bio-inspired gliders with embodied humidity responsive actuators for environmental sensing. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.1011793

Collecting temporal and spatial high-resolution environmental data can guide studies in environmental sciences to gain insights in ecological processes. The utilization of automated robotic systems to collect these types of data can maximize accuracy... Read More about Transient bio-inspired gliders with embodied humidity responsive actuators for environmental sensing.

Unsteady aerodynamic modeling and control of pusher and tilt-rotor quadplane configurations (2019)
Journal Article
Govdeli, Y., Moheed Bin Muzaffar, S., Raj, R., Elhadidi, B., & Kayacan, E. (2019). Unsteady aerodynamic modeling and control of pusher and tilt-rotor quadplane configurations. Aerospace science and technology, 94, 105421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2019.105421

A nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics model is coupled with a three degree of freedom quadplane to control the forward and backward transition between hover and steady level flight. The unsteady lift and drag forces are modeled using a lumped vortex mode... Read More about Unsteady aerodynamic modeling and control of pusher and tilt-rotor quadplane configurations.

Evaluation of the influence of build and print orientations of unmanned aerial vehicle parts fabricated using fused deposition modeling process (2018)
Journal Article
Ravindrababu, S., Govdeli, Y., Wong, Z. W., & Kayacan, E. (2018). Evaluation of the influence of build and print orientations of unmanned aerial vehicle parts fabricated using fused deposition modeling process. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 34, 659-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2018.07.007

The principal objective of this study is to provide an insight into the simulation of fused deposition modeling (FDM) parts considering the influence of build and print orientations. The elastic modulus, strength and Poisson's ratio at different buil... Read More about Evaluation of the influence of build and print orientations of unmanned aerial vehicle parts fabricated using fused deposition modeling process.

On the comparison of diamond honeycomb and 3D-Kagome structures for 3D printed UAVs (2018)
Journal Article
Govdeli, Y., Ravindrababu, S., Kayacan, E., & Low, J. M. (2018). On the comparison of diamond honeycomb and 3D-Kagome structures for 3D printed UAVs. #Journal not on list, 341-346. https://doi.org/10.25341/D49G6P

This study elaborates developing two different types of cellular internal structures to improve the bending stiffness and to reduce the weight of a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Whereas the number of different cellular... Read More about On the comparison of diamond honeycomb and 3D-Kagome structures for 3D printed UAVs.

Feasibility studies of post-processing techniques to strengthen 3D printed UAV wing structures (2018)
Journal Article
Govdeli, Y., Ravindrababu, S., Erdal, K., & Ong, G. Z. Q. (2018). Feasibility studies of post-processing techniques to strengthen 3D printed UAV wing structures. #Journal not on list, 244-249. https://doi.org/10.25341/D4WW2K

To strengthen 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle parts, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of two post-processing techniques, namely heat treatment and protective coating, with polylactic acid being the base material of comparison. For a... Read More about Feasibility studies of post-processing techniques to strengthen 3D printed UAV wing structures.

Additive Manufacturing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Current Status, Recent Advances, and Future Perspectives (2016)
Journal Article
Wong, Z. W., Govdeli, Y., & Kayacan, E. (2016). Additive Manufacturing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Current Status, Recent Advances, and Future Perspectives. #Journal not on list,

Over the past two decades, we have witnessed increased interest in rapidly growing unmanned aerial vehicles technologies triggered by numerous commercial applications. However, production cost is still a challenge due to the complexity of the manufac... Read More about Additive Manufacturing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Current Status, Recent Advances, and Future Perspectives.