DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE

FUSELAGE MODULE OF AN UAV

(UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE)

TEAM DETAILS

ABHISHEK KUMAR

(1CR12ME004)

ABU NASAR FAROOQ

(1CR12ME008)

SAYAN BANERJEE

(1CR12ME101)

VISHAL SHIVANAND BHAIRASHETTI

(1CR12ME121)

PROJECT GUIDE

EXTERNAL GUIDE

MRS.SMRUTI REKHA SWAIN

MR.CHRISTI V JACOB

AIM & OBJECTIVE

To Design and Analyse the Middle
Fuselage (Fuel Tank) Module of an UAV

WHAT IS AN UAV
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV for short; also
known as a drone) is any aircraft that does not have a
human pilot onboard.
They are self or remotely piloted aircrafts that can
carry cameras, sensors, communications equipment or
other payloads.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) uses aerodynamic
forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be
piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and
can carry a lethal or non-lethal payload.

WHAT IS A FUSELAGE
It can be defined as the main body of an
UAV.
Comparing it with a conventional aircraft,
the fuselage is the main structure that
houses the engine, fuel tank which holds
the wings and batteries etc.

WHAT IS MIDDLE FUSELAGE

The main body of an UAV is known as a fuselage.
It is divided into three parts namely the Forward Fuselage, the
Middle Fuselage, and the Aft Fuselage.
The main function of the middle fuselage is to act as a fuel
tank i.e. to store the fuel necessary to run the UAV.
It is subjected to lift and drag forces, hydraulic pressure of the
fuel, as well as bending due to forces on wings of UAV
attatched to it.

AIRVEHICLE MODULAR LAYOUT

AIR FRAME DETAILS
Nose Cone
Module
Equipment
Module
Front (1)
Lug

Pay Load
Module

Fuel Tank
Module

Diameter 520mm
Airframe length 6036 mm
Wing span 3200 mm
All movable fin span 1030 mm
Booster & Interface 1785
Structure weight 200 kg
Fuel capacity 300 L
Overall Length With Booster 7788 mm
Mid (2) Lug
Air Intake
Module

Fin and
Actuation
System

Rear (3)Lug

Engine Module
Fuel Tank
Module
(L=2050)

Booster with
TVC

MODIFIED FUEL TANK

DETAILS

DETAILS

o Integral fuel tank with pressure feed fuel

system
o Fuel capacity 310 L
o Provision for attaching guide rail launcher lug
o Hard points provided for wing/ wing
deployment system
o Provision made for looming below the tank

o Spherical dome end bulkheads (2)

o Integral skin(2)
o leak proof bulkheads (3)
o V-longerons (6); U-longeron-(2)
o Aluminum alloy structure with TIG welding
o Provision for fuel inlet, outlet, pressure relief valve,
anti `g tank with surface tension filter of 30 micron
level.

METHODOLOGY
Design of components of middle fuselage
of UAV in SOLIDWORKS.
Analysis of designed components of
middle fuselage of the UAV in NASTRAN.

REFERENCES
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Journals
Articles

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