Rotary wing UAV potential applications: an analytical study through a matrix method

doi:10.1108/00022660410514955

Login

Welcome:
Guest

Search for:

Browse:

Resources:

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Online from: 1929

Subject Area: Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Content: Latest Issue | Latest Issue RSS | Previous Issues

Options: To add Favourites and Table of Contents Alerts please take a Emerald profile

Rotary wing UAV potential applications: an analytical study through a matrix method

Document Information:
Title:	Rotary wing UAV potential applications: an analytical study through a matrix method
Author(s):	G.M. Saggiani, (DIEM Aerospace Division, University of Bologna, Forli, Italy), B. Teodorani, (DIEM Aerospace Division, University of Bologna, Forli, Italy)
Citation:	G.M. Saggiani, B. Teodorani, (2004) "Rotary wing UAV potential applications: an analytical study through a matrix method", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 76 Iss: 1, pp.6 - 14
Keywords:	Aerodynamics, Aeroplanes, Aerospace industry, Aerospace transport, Decision making
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/00022660410514955 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Industrial designers often need decision-making methods to develop innovative solutions combining specified customer's requirements with project technical constraints. This paper describes a matrix approach as a technique to support system designer since the early stages of development, when many and important decisions must be taken. In this work, the matrix method has been used to analyze the civil unmanned aerial vehicle potential market and particularly for selecting the most promising applications of a multi-role rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle. According to the matrix results, two rotary wing multi-role missions have been chosen as most promising customer attractive applications. This matrix method can also be improved for subsequent decision-making in preliminary-configuration analysis since it can be easily tailored to different specific engineering applications.