Modelling of an unconventional airship

Saïd Chaabani (1) , Naoufel Azouz (1) , Jean Lerbet (1) , Azgal Abichou (2)

1 IBISC - Informatique, Biologie Intégrative et Systèmes Complexes
2 LIM - Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Mathématique

This paper presents preliminary results of the modelling of an unconventional unmanned airship moving in an ideal fluid. We are studying here a quad-rotor flying wing. The airships are also governed by the aerodynamic forces that have to be modelled. An evaluation of the added masses of the airship's components is presented. A first dynamic modelling including the effect of the added masses is proposed. A control law based on the elaborated dynamic model was applied to this large flying object to evaluate its sensitivity when manoeuvring over an uploading area.

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Automatic

Saïd Chaabani, Naoufel Azouz, Jean Lerbet, Azgal Abichou. Modelling of an unconventional airship. 11th ASME Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA2012), Jul 2012, Nantes, France. pp.661--668, ⟨10.1115/ESDA2012-82143⟩. ⟨hal-00764548⟩