PSI - Issue 71

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Procedia Structural Integrity 71 (2025) 388–394

5 th International Structural Integrity Conference & Exhibition (SICE 2024)

Keywords: Drones; Additive Manufacturing; Disaster Response; Rapid Production; Payload Delivery. 1. Introduction In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) have emerged as transformative technology to change the traditional disaster response. This paper revolves around design and deployment of drones manufactured using additive manufacturing techniques (AM). This method allows for the rapid production, lightweight and complex geometries making it an ideal choice for disaster response. This paper contributes to the research field of UAV technology by integrating additive manufacturing to it. This eventually increases the efficiency, reliability, and quick response to the In the current scenario, timely delivery of medical supplies and food during a disaster is critical for saving people’s lives. This paper explores use of drones in such calamities using additive manufacturing and deployments of those drones during such situations. This study emphasizes advantages of drones using additive manufacturing as they are lightweight and allow rapid production along with customization based on mission requirements. This study also focuses on drone’s design, various analysis, material selection and payload deployment mechanism. Various tests have been performed ensuring the drone’s capability to navigate through various regions, also focusing on timely and precise delivery of items. This paper highlights the research on the application of drones and integrating additive manufacturing in rapid response conditions. This study shows that usage of such drones reduces the time required to deliver medical supplies, thus saving lives during hazardous situations. The drone is also equipped with an engineered payload mechanism ensuring safety and unhindered delivery of supplies. It is manufactured using light materials ensuring swift flight of the drone. This mechanism ensures a quick release system. © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of SICE 2024 organizers Additively Manufactured UAV for Disaster Relief and First Aid Prathamesh Patil * , Athul Krishna T.B., Manas Mali, Tanmay Sarnobat, Arsalan Darvesh Afzal Ansari Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Agnel Charities” Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi 400703, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Abstract

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2452-3216 © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of SICE 2024 organizers 10.1016/j.prostr.2025.08.052