Effects of wing kinematics, corrugation, and clap-and-fling on aerodynamic efficiency of a hovering insect-inspired flapping-wing micro air vehicle

2021 ◽  
pp. 106990
Author(s):  
Khanh Nguyen ◽  
Loan Thi Kim Au ◽  
Hoang-Vu Phan ◽  
Soo Hyung Park ◽  
Hoon Cheol Park
Keyword(s):  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Aerodynamic Efficiency ◽  
Wing Kinematics ◽  
Air Vehicle

Implementation of initial passive stability in insect-mimicking flapping-wing micro air vehicle

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Vu Phan ◽  
Quang-Tri Truong ◽  
Hoon-Cheol Park
Keyword(s):  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wing Kinematics ◽  
Blade Element Theory ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Vertical Takeoff

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the uncontrolled vertical takeoff of an insect-mimicking flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FW-MAV) of 12.5 cm wing span with a body weight of 7.36 g after installing batteries and power control. Design/methodology/approach – The forces were measured using a load cell and estimated by the unsteady blade element theory (UBET), which is based on full three-dimensional wing kinematics. In addition, the mean aerodynamic force center (AC) was determined based on the UBET calculations using the measured wing kinematics. Findings – The wing flapping frequency can reach to 43 Hz at the flapping angle of 150°. By flapping wings at a frequency of 34 Hz, the FW-MAV can produce enough thrust to over its own weight. For this condition, the difference between the estimated and average measured vertical forces was about 7.3 percent with respect to the estimated force. All parts for the FW-MAV were integrated such that the distance between the mean AC and the center of gravity is close to zero. In this manner, pitching moment generation was prevented to facilitate stable vertical takeoff. An uncontrolled takeoff test successfully demonstrated that the FW-MAV possesses initial pitching stability for takeoff. Originality/value – This work has successfully demonstrated an insect-mimicking flapping-wing MAV that can stably takeoff with initial stability.

Design and Fabrication of an SU-8 Biomimetic Flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle by MEMS Technology

ROBOT ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng CHI ◽  
Weiping ZHANG ◽  
Wenyuan CHEN ◽  
Hongyi LI ◽  
Kun MENG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Mems Technology

scholarly journals Dove: A biomimetic flapping-wing micro air vehicle

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqing Yang ◽  
Liguang Wang ◽  
Bifeng Song
Keyword(s):  
Mechanism Design ◽  
Flapping Wing ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Flexible Wing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ground Station ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
Color Video ◽  
Flapping Mechanism

This paper describes the design and development of the Dove, a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV), which was developed in Northwestern Polytechnical University. FWMAVs have attracted international attentions since the past two decades. Since some achievements have been obtained, such as the capability of supporting an air vehicle to fly, our research goal was to design an FWMAV that has the ability to accomplish a task. Main investigations were presented in this paper, including the flexible wing design, the flapping mechanism design, and the on-board avionics development. The current Dove has a mass of 220 g, a wingspan of 50 cm, and the ability of operating fully autonomously, flying lasts half an hour, and transmitting live stabilized color video to a ground station over 4 km away.

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