TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a spatial six-bar flapping wing mechanism for combined control of swing and pitch
AU - Wang, Peter L.
AU - McCarthy, J. Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper presents a design procedure to achieve a flapping wing mechanism for a micro air vehicle that drives both the swing and pitch movement of the wing with one actuator. The mechanism combines a planar four bar linkage with a spatial RSSR attached to the input and output links forming a spatial Stephenson six-bar linkage. Function generation synthesis yields a planar four-bar that controls the wing swing profile. The pitch control is synthesized by inverting the movement of the combined system to isolate and compute the SS chain. In order to ensure the design achieves the specified task precision points, the SS chain was randomized within a prescribed tolerance zone. The result was 29 designs, one of which is presented in detail.
AB - This paper presents a design procedure to achieve a flapping wing mechanism for a micro air vehicle that drives both the swing and pitch movement of the wing with one actuator. The mechanism combines a planar four bar linkage with a spatial RSSR attached to the input and output links forming a spatial Stephenson six-bar linkage. Function generation synthesis yields a planar four-bar that controls the wing swing profile. The pitch control is synthesized by inverting the movement of the combined system to isolate and compute the SS chain. In order to ensure the design achieves the specified task precision points, the SS chain was randomized within a prescribed tolerance zone. The result was 29 designs, one of which is presented in detail.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85034835929
U2 - 10.1115/DETC2017-68266
DO - 10.1115/DETC2017-68266
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034835929
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 41st Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017
Y2 - 6 August 2017 through 9 August 2017
ER -