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http://dx.doi.org/10.6108/KSPE.2020.24.2.061

Status and Characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Gas Turbine Engines  

Joo, Milee (Aerospace Engineering Department, Jeonbuk National University)
Choi, Seongman (Aerospace Engineering Department, Jeonbuk National University)
Jo, Hana (Aerospace Technology Research Institute - Agency for Defense Development)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.24, no.2, 2020 , pp. 61-72 More about this Journal
Abstract
Performance characteristics of propulsion systems applied to UAVs that under development or completed in foreign countries were analyzed. In this study, aircraft mission and performance characteristics of ten UAVs were reviewed and compared with current available civil and military aircraft. Also performance characteristics of UAVs propulsion systems were summarized and engine design parameters were analyzed. Thrust, SFC and design parameters such as pressure ratio and bypass ratio of UAV propulsion system were compared with the current existing civil and military aircraft engines. From this study, the design parameters of the propulsion system applied to the UAV were well understood.
Keywords
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; Gas Turbine Engine; Turbofan Engine;
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