DocumentCode
3243705
Title
Camber-adjustable flapping wing air vehicles
Author
Lee, Jun-Seong ; Han, Jae-Hung ; Kim, Dae-kwan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
fYear
2011
fDate
23-26 Nov. 2011
Firstpage
195
Lastpage
197
Abstract
This paper introduces the implementation of adjustable camber of flapping wing and tail of a typical artificial flapping vehicle using a flexible piezoelectric actuator, called macro-fiber composites (MFC). When MFC is applied to the main wing of an ornithopter, the induced camber greatly affects aerodynamic characteristics such as mean lift and thrust. The tail wing actuation can be useful to reduce the pitching oscillation of an ornithopter.
Keywords
aerodynamics; aerospace components; autonomous aerial vehicles; biomimetics; mobile robots; vibration control; adjustable cambers; aerodynamic characteristics; flapping tail air vehicles; flapping wing air vehicles; flexible piezoelectric actuators; macrofiber composites; ornithopter; pitching oscillation reduction; thrust; Actuators; Aerodynamics; Servomotors; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; Vibrations; Aerodynamic Force Enhancement; Flapping Wing Air Vehicle; Line-of-Sight Vibration Suppression; Macro-Fiber Composite Actuator; Wing and Tail Camber;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2011 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Incheon
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0722-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/URAI.2011.6145959
Filename
6145959
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