TY - GEN
T1 - Fabrication and analysis of small flapping wings
AU - Rue, Jason
AU - Chang, Kelvin
AU - Ifju, Peter
AU - Haftka, Raphael
AU - Schmitz, Tony
AU - McIntire, Justin
AU - Tyler, Chris
AU - Ganguly, Vasishta
AU - Chaudhuri, Anirban
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Flapping winged micro air vehicles (MAVs) have been of interest due to their unique flying characteristics. Wing design is an essential aspect of making a robust flapping device. The more popular approach to obtaining an optimized wing is to completely mimic natural species. Rather, our study is only inspired by these biological flyers, suggesting that the optimum design for an active one degree of freedom flapping motion may differ. Error reduction is crucial to the experimental optimization approach, building confidence that variations in thrust are attributed to wing topology. To allow for consistency among replicate wings, the fabrication process must be controlled and accurate along with data acquisition and experimental setup. Digital image correlation and slow motion photography was used to find subtle differences and gain more knowledge of the physics behind flapping. Hovering MAVs serve as the primary application of the optimized wing.
AB - Flapping winged micro air vehicles (MAVs) have been of interest due to their unique flying characteristics. Wing design is an essential aspect of making a robust flapping device. The more popular approach to obtaining an optimized wing is to completely mimic natural species. Rather, our study is only inspired by these biological flyers, suggesting that the optimum design for an active one degree of freedom flapping motion may differ. Error reduction is crucial to the experimental optimization approach, building confidence that variations in thrust are attributed to wing topology. To allow for consistency among replicate wings, the fabrication process must be controlled and accurate along with data acquisition and experimental setup. Digital image correlation and slow motion photography was used to find subtle differences and gain more knowledge of the physics behind flapping. Hovering MAVs serve as the primary application of the optimized wing.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-4235-6_47
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-4235-6_47
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869749156
SN - 9781461442349
T3 - Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
SP - 337
EP - 344
BT - Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications - Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
T2 - 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Y2 - 11 June 2012 through 14 June 2012
ER -