Redesign and Analysis of Cargo Containers for Delivery Drone Applications

Abstract

Drone or octocopter drone is a new generation innovation that can perform operations like surveillance, media, etc. with ease setup and cost-efficient. The delivery drone is the upcoming evolution in the field of engineering. The design of cargo containers attached to drones affects the parameters like the speed, efficiency, dynamics, and controls. The present work proposes a modified elliptical-shaped design instead of a regular rectangular cargo container. For lightweight and durability, carbon fiber as a material is also proposed. The shape was analyzed through computational fluid dynamics technique by using Ansys. The results of the study showed that the new ellipse shape design of cargo container is more practical to use in high-speed operation and results in increased efficiency of the system like drone.