Design & analysis of propeller blades for a small-sized UAV

Chang, Han Bing (2021) Design & analysis of propeller blades for a small-sized UAV. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) nowadays has become an important part of people’s lives. UAVs for transporting people or goods are considered to develop into reality. In this project, the main focus is to investigate the thrust performance from various parameters of propeller blades for small-sized UAVs. Using the propeller blade parameter for small-sized UAVs, the thrust performance was calculated based on the number of blades, blade pitch angle, and propeller diameter. The methodology to design the Variant 1 propeller blade for small-sized UAVs uses the reverse engineering method in SOLIDWORK 2018 software. After that, the SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation analysis program is used to determine the thrust performance with the various propeller blade parameters for small-sized UAVs. The experimental setup testing will be designed to determine the thrust performance to validate the CFD simulation. The result shows that increase in the number of blades, blade pitch angle, and propeller diameter have better thrust performance for the small-sized UAV

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