Conceptual Aerodynamic Design and Performance Evaluation of a Medium-Scale Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using XFLR5 and MATLAB
The increasing demand for long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and disaster response has accelerated research into renewable-energy-powered flight systems. Conventional battery-powered UAVs are constrained by the limi...