Effect of popular additive manufacturing technologies on the performance and acoustics of uav propellers
2024 (English)In: ICAS Proceedings- 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 2024, International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences , 2024Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
UAV noise remains a major concern for the widespread implementation of these aircraft in a wide array of potential applications, especially in the urban environment. Moreover, not only overall noise levels must be considered when analyzing the impact of UAV noise; noise quality based on the spectral content of the acoustic signal must be considered due to the psychoacoustic impact on the listeners. Also, as UAVs become widespread, the ability to perform field replacement of propellers using additive manufacturing (AM) is of increased interest to many operators. However, as different AM techniques become popular, their impact on performance and noise must be assessed. In this investigation, we experimentally test the same propeller geometry manufactured using the most popular AM techniques, evaluating how different characteristics such as surface roughness, anisotropy, and flexibility affect the propeller. Finally, we performed a numerical campaign to isolate these effects and better understand their effect on propeller noise and performance.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences , 2024.
Keywords [en]
Acoustics, Computer Fluid Dynamics, Drones
National Category
Fluid Mechanics Signal Processing Vehicle and Aerospace Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-356651Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85208803372OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-356651DiVA, id: diva2:1914821
Conference
34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2024, Florence, Italy, September 9-13, 2024
Note
QC 20241121
2024-11-202024-11-202026-03-12Bibliographically approved