Development of the drone frame kit made up of natural fiber

¹ Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia,
² Aerospace Malaysia Research Center (AMRC), University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia,
³ Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
⁴ Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (944751-A), Prime Minister’s Department, MIGHT Partnership Hub, Jalan Impact, Cyberaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

^* Corresponding author: adiazriff@upm.edu.my

Abstract

Increased environmental consciousness and demand for sustainable materials have encouraged the use of more renewable and environmentally acceptable resources as reinforcement, for the natural fiber like the (Pineapple Leaf Fiber) PALF and Kenaf fiber material. These materials are natural fiber which are environmental friendly and biodegradable. This environmental friendly resources has been a demand in all industries including the aerospace industry. So, this project is to develop a drone frame kit made up of natural fiber. There are very less studies on the drone frame kit made up of natural fiber. Drones are mostly made up of synthetic fiber which is not biodegradable. Three designs of the drone frame kit had been designed by Fusion 360 software where the best frame kit with least stress distribution, least total deformation and least strain will be chosen to develop the frame. Ansys simulation can be used to analyze the frame kits for the finite element analysis. In the Ansys simulation the static structural part had been chosen to make the analysis where few boundary conditions added, and the mesh dependency test was done to get the best result. PALF and Kenaf had be chosen to be analyzed because those natural fiber having high tensile strength compared to other natural fiber. So as the project is to build a drone, there had been an idea of developing the frame kit natural fiber like the PALF and the Kenaf material. In conclusion, each and every design having their own uniqueness where the best design with least stress was the design with circular shape.