Aerodynamics of a bio-inspired flexible flapping-wing micro air vehicle

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Nakata, T ^a   Liu, H ^a,b   Tanaka, Y ^c   Nishihashi, N ^a   Wang, X ^a   Sato, A ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MINIATURIZATION; WING;

EID: 82755191792     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/4/045002     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Aono H, Liang F and Liu H 2008 Near- and far-field aerodynamics in insect hovering flight: an integrated computational study J. Exp. Biol. 211 239-57 (Pubitemid 351236447)
2. de Croon G C H E, de Clercq K M E, Ruijsink R, Remes B and de Wagter C 2009 Designing, aerodynamics, and vision-based control of the DelFly Int. J. Micro Air Veh. 1 71-97
3. Dickinson M H, Lehmann F-O and Sane S P 1999 Wing rotation and the aerodynamic basis of insect flight Science 284 1954-60 (Pubitemid 29309436)
4. Du G and Sun M 2010 Effects of wing deformation on aerodynamic forces in hovering hoverflies J. Exp. Biol. 213 2273-83
5. Ellington C P 1984 The aerodynamics of insect flight: IV. Aerodynamic mechanisms Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305 79-113
6. Ellington C P, van den Berg C, Willmott A P and Thomas A L R 1996 Leading-edge vortices in insect flight Nature 384 626-30 (Pubitemid 27021513)
7. Heathcote S and Gursul I 2007 Flexible flapping airfoil propulsion at low Reynolds number AIAA J. 45 1066-79 (Pubitemid 46814142)
8. Heathcote S, Wang Z and Gursul I 2008 Effects of spanwise flexibility on flapping wing propulsion J. Fluids Struct. 24 183-99 (Pubitemid 351292467)
9. Liu H 2009 Integrated modelling of insect flight: from morphology, kinematics to aerodynamics J. Comput. Phys. 228 439-59
10. Liu H (section editor) 2010 Micro air vehicles Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering ed R Blockley and W Shyy (Chichester: Wiley)
11. Liu H and Aono H 2009 Size effects on insect hovering aerodynamics: an integrated computational study Bioinsp. Biomim. 4 015002
12. Maeda M, Gao N, Nishihashi N and Liu H 2010 A free-flight simulation of insect flapping flight J. Aero Aqua Biomech. 1 71-9
13. Mountcastle A M and Daniel T L 2009 Aerodynamic and functional consequences of wing compliance Exp. Fluids 46 873-82
14. Mueller T J ed 2001 Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicle Applications (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics vol 195) (Reston, VA: AIAA)
15. Nakata T and Liu H 2011 Aerodynamic performance of a hovering hawkmoth with flexible wings: a computational approach Proc. R. Soc. B at press (doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1023)
16. Pines D J and Bohorquez F 2006 Challenges facing future micro-air-vehicle development J. Aircr. 43 290-305
17. Platzer M, Jones K, Young J and Lai J 2008 Flapping wing aerodynamics: progress and challenges AIAA J. 46 2136-49
18. Shyy W, Aono H, Chimakurthi S K, Trizila P, Kang C-K, Cesnik C E S and Liu H 2010 Recent progress in flapping wing aerodynamics and aeroelasticity Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 46 284-327
19. Shyy W, Lian Y, Tang J, Viieru D and Liu H 2007 Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Flyers (New York: Cambridge University Press)
20. Stanford B, Ifju P, Albertani R and Shyy W 2008 Fixed membrane wings for micro air vehicles: experimental characterization, numerical modeling, and tailoring Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 44 258-94
21. Steger J L and Rizk Y M 1985 Generation of three-dimensional body-fitted coordinates using hyperbolic partial differential equations NASA TM-86753
22. Wakeling J M and Ellington C P 1997 Dragonfly flight: II. Velocities, accelerations and kinematics of flapping flight J. Exp. Biol. 200 557-82 (Pubitemid 27502971)
23. Weis-Fogh T 1973 Quick estimates of flight fitness in hovering animals, including novel mechanisms for lift production J. Exp. Biol. 59 169-230
24. Wootton R J 1981 Support and deformability in insect wings J. Zool. 193 447-68
25. Young J, Walker S M, Bomphrey R J, Taylor G K and Thomas A L R 2009 Details of insect wing design and deformation enhance aerodynamic function and flight efficiency Science 325 1549-52
26. Zheng L, Wang X, Khan A, Vallance R R, Mittal R and Hedrick T L 2009 A combined experimental-numerical study of the role of wing flexibility in insect flight 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (Orland, FL, 5-8 January) AIAA-2009-382