Research Field
Based on the solid foundation of the Light-duty Gas-turbine Technology in IET, led by the requirements of the designation and system integration of UAV platform, we carry out research in areas such as foundational investigation of UAV, key technologies, innovative system integration, product development, etc.
Team Building
The UAV laboratory has 43 staff, including 4 researchers and 10 associate senior engineers, as well as 1 post-doctor and 22 postgraduate students.
Project and Major Achievement
The technical status of high-performance target aircraft products is stable and mature. We have completed flight tests and assessments for multiple performance indicators such as ceiling, target supply time, and endurance. We successfully passed performance appraisal tests, participated in relevant exercises, and received high praise. We also passed the export project approval review. The new large maneuvering target aircraft has completed system design, manufacturing, integration and debugging work, and has completed its first flight test. The series of high-performance target aircraft has advanced performance indicators and reached the leading level in China, with broad application prospects.
High-altitude high-performance unmanned aerial vehicles have completed multiple flight tests on test sites with different altitude and climate characteristics, including high-altitude takeoff and landing performance, verifying key technologies and functions such as overall design and integration, turbofan engines, and aerodynamic integration, transferring from the principle prototype stage to the engineering prototype development stage, and we carried out the design of a multifunctional flight platform system according to the requirements of future mission scenarios.
In terms of a certain high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle, key technologies such as active flow control technology, variant platform design, and variable geometry power system have been developed, breaking through self-sustaining aerodynamic design technology, leading edge variable bending active flow control design technology, and multi physics field coupling structure design technology. Key technology principles such as self-sustaining aerodynamic design, active flow control and variant have been verified through wind tunnel tests, and detailed design of the verification prototype has been completed.
For a certain solar powered drone, we completed a new round of structural scheme optimization and simulation work, completed energy closed-loop optimization of energy and power system matching, aerodynamic shape optimization, further improved the flight performance of the drone, and completed the project phase summary. The KT-1 solar powered drone has completed multiple rounds of aerodynamic optimization, further improving aerodynamic efficiency and forming an overall optimization program, with the ability to fly across day and night.
In 2023, 18 projects are in process, in which 4 new projects are granted, including 2 enterprise commissioned projects, 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project, 1 youth promotion association project. 3 projects are concluded and accepted.
Patent and Paper
In 2023, 8 academic papers were published, with 7 indexed by SCI, 1 indexed by EI. 7 patents were applied for and 5 patents were granted.
Title: Numerical investigation of co-flow jet airfoil with parabolic flap.
Author: WANG Ruochen, MA Xiaoping, ZHANG Guoxin, et al.
Journal: Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, IF: 5.7
Title: Numerical investigation of high-speed flying wing based on co-flow jet
Author: WANG Ruochen, MA Xiaoping, ZHANG Guoxin, et al.
Journal: Acta Mechanica, IF: 2.7
Title: Nolinear Static Aeroelastic Analysis and Optimization for High-Altitude
Solar-Powered UAV With Large Aspect Ratio
Author: ZHAO Shuai, YANG Yanping, ZHANG Zijian, et al.
Journal: IEEE ACCESS, IF: 3.9
Dean: ZHANG Zijian 86-10-82543198 zhangzijian@iet.cn
Deputy Dean: ZHANG Jian 86-10-82543198 zhangjian@iet.cn
WANG Bo 86-10-82543093 wangbo@iet.cn
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