International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
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Design & Analysis of Multi-Frame for Octo & Quad Copter Drones
Swapnil Yemle
1
, Yogeshwar Durgude
2
, Ganesh Kondhalkar
3
, Ketan Pol
4
1
P.G. Student (M.E), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anantrao Pawar College of Engineering & Research,
Pune, Maharashtra, India
2
Master of Science, Advanced Manufacturing, Kingston University, London
3
Professor& HOD, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Anantrao Pawar College of Engineering & Research, Pune,
Maharashtra, India
4
M. Tech (Thermal), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract - Now a day's multi-rotor commonly known as
drones, are attracting much attention in media and research.
Many industries are interested now in using drones because
they are fast, cost-effective and efficient solutions. There are
many different applications for drones such as parcel delivery,
rescue operations, construction drones, infrastructure
inspection, military operations, agriculture monitoring and
many more. This is very attractive opportunity for
entrepreneurs and drone market is growing very fast. Whether
it is a new initiative within a company or a new start-up, the
problem really is what drone application is worth to develop.
At present, drone application are many in 21
st
century but the
cost of the drones are very high, so in this paper we are trying
to reduce the cost of the frame and we are focused only on
frame of heavy Octocopter drones which will replacing the
Carbone fiber pipe to the aluminum pipe with simple design
concept of the drone and compacting the overall size of the
drone frame and joining with the 3D printed plastic parts. Our
aim in this paper work is we are trying to reduce as much as
possible weight and cost for the Octocopter drone frame and
easy to manufacturing and assembling the frame are consider
while designing the frame of the drone. The design is arrange
in a simple way such that we can easily separate in two quad
copter or easily combine in one octocopter like that multi-
functional frame design is arranged with the all parameters
are consider such that payload, battery, motors, propellers and
electronic control units etc. The frame is design in CATIA V5
CAD software and static analysis is done in ANSYS 19.2
software and find out the total deformation and stress in the
frame body of the drone.
Key Words: Quad copter drone, Octo copter drone, multi-
frame, CATIAV5, ANSYS.
1. INTRODUCTION
Drones are now being implemented in various fields such
as agriculture, mining, surveillance, mapping,
reconnaissance, etc. The versatility of drones has been
expanding due to the highly advanced electronics available
today. Imaging sensors, thermal sensors, passive infrared
sensors, obstacle detection are some of the most commonly
used ones today. Infrastructure surveillance and
maintenance is done with less use of manpower using
drones. Critical structures that require a lot of energy and
time for inspection such as cable towers, wind mills, solar
farms, industrial buildings walls and dams, can be easily
inspected with the help of drones.
Drones come in a variety of designs, such as a fixed-wing
drone, which looks like a plane, or a rotorcraft drone, which
looks similar to a helicopter, though often with multiple
rotors (usually up to eight). The latter has vertical takeoff
and landing capabilities and it can hover, which makes this
design particularly attractive in close quarters, such as
crowded urban areas. Tilt-wing drones combine features of
fixed-wing and rotorcraft drones using wings that can be
swiveled. Drones may use different types of propulsive
power, including internal combustion engines, electric
batteries, and solar and hydrogen fuel cells
1.1 Quad copter drone
The most popular multi-copter on the market Quad
copters is fast, easy to manufacture and affordably priced.
These copters utilize four propellers to ensure that the
aircraft is able to lift up into the air.
Essentially, there is a 4 propeller layout in the design of a
square or rectangle around the body.
Fig -1: Quad copter drone
The one obvious benefit is that with four propellers, the
product has a lot more power to be able to lift off of the
ground this allows for more payload or overall weight to be
added.
Drones often use this design simply because it can hold a lot
of weight without raising the price of the product drastically.