Research Article

Vibration Response Analysis of a Tethered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System under Transient Wind Field

Table 1

The tethered UAV system parameters.

Parameter and symbolValue and unitParameter and symbolValue and unit

The linear density of the cable 0.0125 kg/mCable elastic modulus  N/m2
Wind resistance coefficient along with the cable’s normal direction 1.2Cable diameter 0.0034 m
Cable length 200 mAir density 1.29 kg/m3
UAV’s mass 5.8 kgLift coefficient
The projected area of the propeller 0.129 m2The rotational speed of the rotor 482 rad/s
Air resistance coefficient of UAV 0.064Pitch angle