scholarly journals Speed Control and Force-Vectoring of Blue Bottle Flies in a Magnetically-Levitated Flight Mill

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Jung Hsu ◽  
Neel Thakur ◽  
Bo Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Flight Control ◽  
Insect Flight ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Speed Control ◽  
The Body ◽  
Flight Mill ◽  
Wing Motion ◽  
Force Magnitude ◽  
Magnetically Levitated ◽  
And Control

Flies fly at a broad range of speeds and produce sophisticated aerial maneuvers with precisely controlled wing movements. Remarkably, only subtle changes in wing motion are used by flies to produce aerial maneuvers, resulting in little directional tilt of aerodynamic force vector relative to the body. Therefore, it is often considered that flies fly according to a helicopter model and control speed mainly via force-vectoring enabled primarily by body-pitch change. Here we examine the speed control of blue bottle flies using a magnetically-levitated (MAGLEV) flight mill, as they fly at different body pitch and with different augmented aerodynamic damping. We identify wing kinematic contributors to the changes of estimated aerodynamic force through testing two force-vectoring models. Results show that in addition to body pitch, flies also use a collection of wing kinematic variables to control both force magnitude and direction, the roles of which are analogous to those of throttle, collective and cyclic pitch of helicopters. Our results also suggest that the MAGLEV flight mill system can be potentially used to study the roles of visual and mechanosensory feedback in insect flight control.

scholarly journals Vision-based flight control in the hawkmoth Hyles lineata

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (91) ◽  
pp. 20130921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane P. Windsor ◽  
Richard J. Bomphrey ◽  
Graham K. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Flight Control ◽  
Insect Flight ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Temporal Frequency ◽  
Sensory Modality ◽  
Flight Dynamics ◽  
Energetic Cost ◽  
Linear Time Invariant ◽  
Hyles Lineata ◽  
And Control

Vision is a key sensory modality for flying insects, playing an important role in guidance, navigation and control. Here, we use a virtual-reality flight simulator to measure the optomotor responses of the hawkmoth Hyles lineata , and use a published linear-time invariant model of the flight dynamics to interpret the function of the measured responses in flight stabilization and control. We recorded the forces and moments produced during oscillation of the visual field in roll, pitch and yaw, varying the temporal frequency, amplitude or spatial frequency of the stimulus. The moths’ responses were strongly dependent upon contrast frequency, as expected if the optomotor system uses correlation-type motion detectors to sense self-motion. The flight dynamics model predicts that roll angle feedback is needed to stabilize the lateral dynamics, and that a combination of pitch angle and pitch rate feedback is most effective in stabilizing the longitudinal dynamics. The moths’ responses to roll and pitch stimuli coincided qualitatively with these functional predictions. The moths produced coupled roll and yaw moments in response to yaw stimuli, which could help to reduce the energetic cost of correcting heading. Our results emphasize the close relationship between physics and physiology in the stabilization of insect flight.

Vortex Formation in the Tethered Flight of the Peacock Butterfly Inachis io L. (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) and some Aspects of Insect Flight Evolution

1991 ◽  
Vol 161 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. BRODSKY
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Insect Flight ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Vortex Formation ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Axis ◽  
Vortex Rings ◽  
Lower Amplitude ◽  
Inachis Io

High-speed filming has been used to investigate the performance of the peacock butterfly Inachis io while flying in a wind-tunnel. The wake of the butterfly in ‘feeding’ flight is a system of discrete pairs of vortex rings: in each pair the vortex rings are coupled at right angles. The flow distribution around the butterfly and the dynamics of the vortex rings suggest that useful force is produced continuously throughout the wingbeat. The butterfly's flapping flight can be divided into three successive stages: during the downstroke, force generation can be explained by quasi-steady aerofoil action; during the upstroke and supination, by unsteady aerofoil action; and during pronation, by a jet mechanism. The study of airflow around the peacock butterfly throws light on the evolutionary changes in the pattern of interaction between insect wings and the air. At the first stage of the evolution of insect flight, documented in a subimago of the mayfly Heptagenia sulphurea and some other primitive insects, flapping wings generate a system of coupled vortex rings; the aerodynamic force, being perpendicular to the stroke plane, coincides with the direction of the longitudinal body axis. At the second stage, this force is directed forwards and upwards relative to the body axis; the vortex wake is the same as that at the first stage. From this point, two paths of evolution are possible. The first leads to the vortex pattern recorded in the peacock butterfly. The second is typically found in higher orders, where the narrow and relatively short wings flap with lower amplitude and higher frequency, leaving in their wake two chains of uncoupled small vortex rings.

The novel aerodynamics of insect flight: applications to micro-air vehicles

1999 ◽  
Vol 202 (23) ◽  
pp. 3439-3448 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.P. Ellington
Keyword(s):  
Insect Flight ◽  
Mechanical Damage ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Micro Air Vehicles ◽  
The Body ◽  
Power Requirement ◽  
Wing Motion ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Design Characteristics ◽  
Air Vehicles

The wing motion in free flight has been described for insects ranging from 1 to 100 mm in wingspan. To support the body weight, the wings typically produce 2–3 times more lift than can be accounted for by conventional aerodynamics. Some insects use the fling mechanism: the wings are clapped together and then flung open before the start of the downstroke, creating a lift-enhancing vortex around each wing. Most insects, however, rely on a leading-edge vortex (LEV) created by dynamic stall during flapping; a strong spanwise flow is also generated by the pressure gradients on the flapping wing, causing the LEV to spiral out to the wingtip. Technical applications of the fling are limited by the mechanical damage that accompanies repeated clapping of the wings, but the spiral LEV can be used to augment the lift production of propellers, rotors and micro-air vehicles (MAVs). Design characteristics of insect-based flying machines are presented, along with estimates of the mass supported, the mechanical power requirement and maximum flight speeds over a wide range of sizes and frequencies. To support a given mass, larger machines need less power, but smaller ones operating at higher frequencies will reach faster speeds.

Aerodynamics of Flapping Flight with Application to Insects

1951 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. M. OSBORNE
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Insect Flight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Specific Power ◽  
Vertical Force ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Force Coefficients ◽  
Wing Motion ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Geometrical Dimensions

1. General formulae are derived giving the lift, thrust and power when the wing motion is specified. The formulae are applied to twenty-five insects for which quantitative data are available. Average values for lift and drag coefficients, CL and CD, are derived by equating the weight to the vertical force and the thrust to the horizontal drag of the body. 2. The large drag and lift coefficients obtained for insect flight are attributed to acceleration effects. There is a distinct correlation between (C2L,+ C2)D)½ and the ratio of the flapping velocity of the wings to the linear velocity of flight. When this ratio and therefore the accelerations are small, the force coefficients do not exceed those to be expected for flat plates. Owing to the nature of the assumptions and approximations made, the values derived for CD, CL and CD/CL are minimum values. 3. Other characteristics of insect flight are discussed. In general, insects fly in such a way as to minimize the mechanical power required. In most, but not all cases, the useful force is the one perpendicular rather than parallel to the relative wind. The wing tips should move in a figure 8, the down beat should be slower than the up beat, and the majority of the necessary force must be supplied on the down beat. 4. Figures are given using the data from the twenty-five insects considered, showing average relations between power, specific power, mass, acceleration forces, force coefficients and geometrical dimensions. The power per gram, the ‘wasted power’, and the force coefficients all increase as the importance of the acceleration forcesincreases. 5. When plotted as functions of mass, quantities involving the power show much less dispersion than quantities involving the geometrical dimensions. This is taken to mean that despite the diversity of insect form, as ‘power plants’, they are all essentially similar. 6. A table of the observed or adopted flight parameters (frequency of beating, mass, wing area, velocity of flight, amplitude and orientation of wing motion) is appended.

scholarly journals Flight mechanics and control of escape manoeuvres in hummingbirds. II. Aerodynamic force production, flight control and performance limitations

2016 ◽  
Vol 219 (22) ◽  
pp. 3532-3543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Cheng ◽  
Bret W. Tobalske ◽  
Donald R. Powers ◽  
Tyson L. Hedrick ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flight Control ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Force Production ◽  
Flight Mechanics ◽  
Performance Limitations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Speed control and force-vectoring of bluebottle flies in a magnetically levitated flight mill

2018 ◽  
Vol 222 (4) ◽  
pp. jeb187211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Jung Hsu ◽  
Neel Thakur ◽  
Bo Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Speed Control ◽  
Flight Mill ◽  
Magnetically Levitated

scholarly journals DESIGN AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE ROBOT ORNITHOPTER, EQUIPPED WITH WINGS AND TAIL

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Jatsun ◽  
О. G. Loktionova ◽  
L. Yu. Vorochaeva ◽  
О. V. Emelianova
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Longitudinal Axis ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Control Area ◽  
The Body ◽  
Flight Control System ◽  
Spherical Hinge ◽  
And Control

The paper deals with the ornithopter flight which simulates the flight of a bird. The robot consists of a body, two folding wings and a tail. The ornithopter roll is provided by wing swings, and pitch and yaw are provided by twists of the tail in two planes. When switching to the design scheme of the device, each wing is replaced by two links connected to each other and to the body by means of cylindrical hinges, the axes of all hinges are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the robot. Two mechanisms are used to implement swings in the device. One of them (the mechanism of swings) directly provides fluctuations in the wings relative to the body, as well as changing their area by adding when moving up and decomposition when moving down. This mechanism consists of a motor and crank-rod-rocker mechanism. The second mechanism (rotation of the ailerons on the wings) allows the wings in addition to flapping additionally to flex during motion, thereby "pocketing" of the air and the extra control area of the wings: its decrease with the movement of the wings up and the increase in the movement of the wings down. The tail is connected to the body due to the spherical hinge and two crank mechanisms. With the help of one of the mechanisms the tail rotates relative to the longitudinal axis of the body in the horizontal plane, and with the help of the other - in the vertical. For this robot a flight control system is proposed, which provides the robot movement along a given trajectory. The control system includes a control unit and a control device (ornithopter). The control unit is formed by modules specifying the effects and calculation of angles, as well as comparator and controller. The control device includes drives, links (wings and tail) and the robot body. Management is carried out on six generalized coordinates determining the position and orientation of the hull in space. For this purpose, eight feedbacks are used in the angles of rotation of the wings and the tail of the robot relative to its body.

Perbandingan Efek Suplementasi Tablet Tambah Darah Dengan Dan Tanpa Vitamin C Terhadap Kadar Hemoglobin Pada Ibu Hamil Dengan Usiakehamilan 16-32 Minggu Di Desa Keniten Kecamatan Mojo Kabupaten Kediri

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Siti Asiyah ◽  
Dwi Estuning Rahayu ◽  
Wiranti Dwi Novita Isnaeni
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Hemoglobin Level ◽  
The Body ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Fetal Organ ◽  
And Control

The needed of Iron Tablet in pregnancy was increase than mother who not pregnant.  That  cause of  high metabolism at the pregnancy for formed of  fetal organ and energy. One of effort for prevent anemia in mother pregnant with giving the Iron tablet and vitamin c. The reason of  this research in 4 June – 11 July 2014 is for compare the effect of  iron tablet suplementation with and without vitamin C toward Hemoglobin level in mother pregnant With Gestational Age Of 16-32 Weeks In Desa Keniten Kecamatan Mojo Kabupaten Kediri. This research method using comparative analytical.  Research design type of Quasy Eksperiment that have treatment group and control group. Treatment group will giving by Iron tablet and 100 mg vitamin C, and control group just giving by iron tablet during 21 days. Population in this research are all of mother pregnant with Gestational Age Of 16-32 Weeks with Sampling technique is  cluster random sampling is 29 mother pregnant. Comparison analysis of  iron tablet suplementation effect with and without vitamin C toward Hemoglobin level in mother pregnant With Gestational Age Of 16-32 Weeks, data analysis using Mann Whitney U-test and the calculated U value (44,5) less than U-table (51). So there was difference of iron tablet suplementation effect with and without vitamin C toward Hemoglobin level in mother pregnant With Gestational Age Of 16-32 Weeks Therefore, the addition of vitamin C on iron intake is needed to increase the uptake of iron tablets. When the amount of iron uptake increases, the reserves of iron in the body will also increase, so as to prevent anemia in pregnant women; Keywords : Iron Tablet (Fe), Vitamin C, Hemoglobin level, Mother Pregnant

In-vivo evaluation of lipid lowering ability of Chloris paraguaiensis extracts

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Pavani C H
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lipid Lowering ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
In Vivo Evaluation ◽  
Standard Drug ◽  
Anti Oxidant ◽  
And Control

Hyperlipidemia is the immediate results of the excessive fat intake in food. This results in the elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. This leads to heart conditions like CAD, hypertension, congestive heart failure as risk factors which can be lethal. There are many drugs to treat and control the lipids levels in the body. These drugs are either designed to prevent LDL accumulation and VLDL synthesis. Some drugs also lower the elevated levels of saturated lipids in the body. But many drugs are known to cause side effects and adverse effects; therefore, alternatives to the drugs are the subjects for current investigations. Herbs and medicinal plants are used as treatment sources for many years. They have been used in the Indian medical systems like Ayurveda, Siddha etc. As the application of herbs in the treatment is growing, there is an urgent need for the establishment of Pharmacological reasoning and standardization of the activity of the medicinal plants. Chloris paraguaiensis Steud. is Poyaceae member that is called locally as Uppugaddi. Traditionally it is used to treat Rheumatism, Diabetes, fever and diarrhoea. The chemical constituents are known to have anti-oxidant properties and most of the anti-oxidants have anti-hyperlipidemic activity too. Since the plant has abundant flavonoid and phenol content, the current research focusses on the investigation of the anti-hyperlipidemic activity of the plant Chloris extracts. Extracts of Chloris at 200mg/kg showed a comparably similar anti hyperlipidemia activity to that of the standard drug. The extracts showed a dose based increase in the activity at 100 and 200mg/kg body weight.

Role of Rasayana in Prevention of COVID-19 - A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 716-722
Author(s):  
Sneha Dhakite ◽  
Sadhana Misar Wajpeyi
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The Body ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Vital Functions ◽  
Healthy Life Style ◽  
And Control

The “Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19)” is caused by “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”, a newly discovered member of the Coronaviridae family of viruses which is a highly communicable. There is no effective medical treatment till date for Coronavirus disease hence prevention is the best way to keep disease away. Rasayana proved to be highly efficacious and cost effective for the Prevention and Control of viral infections when vaccines and standard therapies are lacking. Rasayana Chikitsa is one of the eight branches of Ashtanga Ayurveda which helps to maintain healthy life style. Rasayana improves immunity and performs many vital functions of human body. Vyadhikshamatva that is immune mechanism of the body is involved in Prevention of the occurrence of a new disease and it also decreases the virulence and progression of an existing disease. In COVID-19 the Respiratory system mainly get affected which is evident from its symptoms like cold, cough and breathlessness. Here the drugs help in enhancing immune system and strengthening functions of Respiratory system can be useful. For this purpose, the Rasayana like Chyavanprasha, Agastya Haritaki, Pippali Rasayana, Guduchi, Yashtimadhu, Haridra, Ashwagandha, Tulsi are used. Rasayana working on Respiratory system are best for Prevention of Coronavirus and boosting immune system. Rasayana Chikitsa can be effective in the Prevention as well as reducing symptoms of COVID-19.

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