Grant: Engage Grants Program
University of Regina
$25,000.00
Tempro-spatial measurement of wind speed/direction using rotary-wing UAVs
EF 2018-19
Résumé
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.
Programme
Engage Grants Program
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Saskatchewan, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
531170-2018
Name nom
Mehrandezh, Mehran
Department département
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
Organization id
17
Institution établissement
University of Regina
Province en
Saskatchewan
Province fr
Saskatchewan
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1555
Committee name en
Prairie Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour les Prairies
Area of application code
703
Area of application group en
Transportation systems and services
Area of application group fr
Services et systèmes de transport
Area of application en
Aerospace
Area of application fr
Aérospatial
Research subject code
4401
Research subject group en
Atmospheric science
Research subject group fr
Étude de l'atmosphère
Research subject en
Dynamic meteorology
Research subject fr
Météorologie dynamique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Tempro-spatial measurement of wind speed/direction using rotary-wing UAVs
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
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.
