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Effect of flappingwing kinematics on force generation

Effect of flappingwing kinematics on force generation Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of wing kinematics change on force generation produced by flapping wings.Designmethodologyapproach Forces produced by flapping wings are measured using a load cell and compared for the investigation. The measured forces are validated by estimation using an unsteady blade element theory.Findings From the measurement and estimation, the authors found that flapping wings produced positive and negative lifts when the wings are attached with the 30 and 30, respectively.Research limitationsimplications The authors quantified the characteristics of change in the force generation by flapping wings for three wing kinematics. The wing kinematics was modified by changing the initial wing attachment angle.Practical implications The result may be applicable to design of control mechanism for an insectmimicking flappingwing micro air vehicle, which has only wings without control surfaces at its tail.Social implications The preliminary work may provide an insight for design strategy of flappingwing micro air vehicles with compact and handy configurations, because they may perform controlled flight even without control surfaces at their tails.Originalityvalue The work included here is the first attempt to quantify the force generation characteristics for different wing kinematics. The suggested way of wing kinematics change can provide a concept for control mechanism of a flappingwing micro air vehicle. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems Emerald Publishing

Effect of flappingwing kinematics on force generation

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Emerald Publishing
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2049-6427
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10.1108/IJIUS-03-2013-0015
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Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of wing kinematics change on force generation produced by flapping wings.Designmethodologyapproach Forces produced by flapping wings are measured using a load cell and compared for the investigation. The measured forces are validated by estimation using an unsteady blade element theory.Findings From the measurement and estimation, the authors found that flapping wings produced positive and negative lifts when the wings are attached with the 30 and 30, respectively.Research limitationsimplications The authors quantified the characteristics of change in the force generation by flapping wings for three wing kinematics. The wing kinematics was modified by changing the initial wing attachment angle.Practical implications The result may be applicable to design of control mechanism for an insectmimicking flappingwing micro air vehicle, which has only wings without control surfaces at its tail.Social implications The preliminary work may provide an insight for design strategy of flappingwing micro air vehicles with compact and handy configurations, because they may perform controlled flight even without control surfaces at their tails.Originalityvalue The work included here is the first attempt to quantify the force generation characteristics for different wing kinematics. The suggested way of wing kinematics change can provide a concept for control mechanism of a flappingwing micro air vehicle.

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International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 26, 2013

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