Research Article

Flight Endurance Increasing Technology of New Energy UAV Based on a Strut-Braced Wing

Table 5

Design variables.

DisciplinesNameDescription

AerodynamicHalf of the wingspan
Spanwise position of the strut; the value is the horizontal distance between the pylon and the wing root
Strut chord length
StructureThickness of the wing root in the beam model
Thickness of the strut and pylon in the beam model
Thickness of the wing tip in the beam model