Design and Validation of Aerial Vehicle through SOLIDWORKS

          The UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) model was designed and virtually validated through SOLIDWORKS. Figure 1 show the model in the SOLIDWORKS window.

Flexible, Agile Development
          The intelligent of the SOLIDWORKS to modify the design efficiently and quickly had created a big impact on the development process. Its flexibility on importing 3D model form 3D content centre and accessing the toolbox for standard component like Bolts, bearing and lot more made the software more user friendly and reduced the time of the designer which leads them to focus on new innovations.

Routing Vehicle Systems
          Planning and designing control boards and wiring with in the fuselage, primary and secondary actuator are critical due to it’s compactness and aerodynamic structures. Where through SOLIDWORKS Routing we can design the electrical wiring in and around the fuselage to connect the control board and wiring lines of brakes, fuel lines and cooling hoses.

FLOW Simulation Improves Aerodynamics
          The UAV must be more efficient in the aerodynamic design other wise there will be loss of energy due to wind drag force. Through SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation we can study the wind flow around the design and we can post process the flow trajectory around the model. Figure 2 & 3 show the flow trajectory of pressure around the design. From the study we can conclude that the Primary actuator or the air foil structure is perfectly aerodynamic.

Simulations Save Time, Cut Costs, Reduce Prototypes
          From the SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation we understood that the design is aerodynamic but we need to gain confidence whether the UAV is good to go under real time load conditions for the particular material. In SOLIDWORKS we can import CFD data to FEA for further studies. Figure 4 shows the static study where the input load is the wind which was defined in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation.

          At the time of landing the drones experience sudden impact so the traditional process of validating whether the drone can withstand the impact or not is destructive testing where a prototype of the drone will be made and tested under real time conditions. With SOLIDWORKS Simulation can perform drop test, figure 5 shows the stress level due to sudden impact.
Through SOLIDWORKS we can eliminate costly prototype and testing facility, so that we can cut the cost of the product and also the development time is cut shorted.

 

Data Management Solution to Aerospace Industries using SOLIDWORKS

          Aerospace industry is one of the most creative engineering fields and it involves complicated design and process to meet the world class standard. The approval process of an aerospace industry is entirely different and need to undergo lot of scrutinization because it involves human safety and comfort parameters

          Let’s see how SOLIDWORKS provides the complete innovative solution for common challenges in managing of data and technical communication.

Challenges:

• Controlling and Managing of design data particularly CAD and project documents 
  
• Workflow automation for different types of projects and process structure 
• Sharing data to downstream department and Collaboration with the multiple vendors 
• Ensuring the right data at the right time with the correct revisions and versions updation 
• Segregated of design data with the multiple teams and locations 
• Aerospace industry requires lots of details in technical product communication 
• Communicating and documenting of technical design information to the Market, Vendors and Suppliers 
• Internal design related communication to Manufacturing and Assembly line 

Solutions: 

• SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management enables the organisation to store the data in a centralised storage with a secured vault
  
• Based on the workflow of any organisation design data can be stored and retrieved 
• With the centralised storage and accessibility authorisation for both user and administrator level is possible 
• An integrated search tool with more than 120 types of filters will helps to retrieve the data without any interruption in minimal time 
• SOLIDWORKS Composer gives the complete solutions for making technical design communication and documentation at design stage 
• As per the requirement we can create Product manuals, Part catalogues, Service manuals with the complete technical information 
• Visual animation of product assembling and dismantling in a most interactive 3D output 

Benefits:

• Easy integration of SOLIDWORKS and data management with SOLIDWORKS ecosystem 
• Granular security provides the complete confidentiality in maintaining data 
• Efficient time saver in retrieving data of various projects 
• Interactive communication to the layman level 
• Documentation, Manuals and Animations by using a CAD Data at low cost