Aerodynamic ground effect in fruitfly sized insect takeoff [PDF]
, 2016 Aerodynamic ground effect in flapping-wing insect flight is of importance to comparative morphologies and of interest to the micro-air-vehicle (MAV) community.
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Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2022 Flying insects are capable of hovering and rapid maneuver under unpredictable environments. The principal wing-beat is generated by transmitting the rhythmical contractions of power muscles to the exoskeleton and wing-base articulation.
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A CFD-informed quasi-steady model of flapping-wing aerodynamics [PDF]
, 2015 Aerodynamic performance and agility during flapping flight are determined by the combination of wing shape and kinematics. The degree of morphological and kinematic optimization is unknown and depends upon a large parameter space.
Bomphrey, R J, Liu, H, Nakata, T
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Flying State Sensing and Estimation Method of Large-Scale Bionic Flapping Wing Flying Robot
Actuators, 2022 A large bionic flapping wing robot has unique advantages in flight efficiency. However, the fluctuation of fuselage centroid during flight makes it difficult for traditional state sensing and estimation methods to provide stable and accurate data.
Guangze Liu, Song Wang, Wenfu Xu
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Investigation of the Influence of Different Flapping Wing Motion Characteristics on Aerodynamic Parameters under Incoming Flow [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid MechanicsThere is high flight efficiency of flapping wing aircraft, and its hovering ability, wind loading rating, maneuverability and concealment are better than that of multi-rotor and fixed-wing aircraft. In this paper, the bionic flapping wing is taken as the
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AIP Advances, 2023 The bionic flapping wing aircraft realizes flight by imitating the structure and flapping mode of birds. In this paper, a three-dimensional composite motion aerodynamic analysis model of a bionic flapping wing is established.
Lun Li, Wencheng Wang, Xiaojin Wu
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Design and Verification of a Large-Scaled Flapping-Wing Aircraft Named “Cloud Owl”
Applied Sciences, 2023 The bionic flapping-wing aircraft has the advantages of high flexibility and strong concealment; however, in the existing flapping-wing aircraft, the platform performance is influenced by the payload capacity, endurance, and durability; additionally, the
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Experimental investigation of some aspects of insect-like flapping flight aerodynamics for application to micro air vehicles [PDF]
, 2009 Insect-like flapping flight offers a power-efficient and highly manoeuvrable basis for micro air vehicles for indoor applications. Some aspects of the aerodynamics associated with the sweeping phase of insect wing kinematics are examined by making ...
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Design and Aerodynamic Analysis of Flapping Mechanism of Two-stage Flapping-wing Aircrafts
Jixie chuandong, 2022 In order to improve the flight performance of the flapping-wing aircraft, this study draws on the characteristics of the flight movement of large birds, designs a new two-stage foldable bionic flapping-wing mechanism, and establishes the kinematic and ...
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Research progress on the wind tunnel experiment of a bionic flapping-wing aerial vehicle
工程科学学报, 2022 “Flapping wing” is a mechanism observed in the flight of birds, insects, and bats. The lift and thrust for a flight are generated by the active movement of wings. It was first specifically designed by Da Vinci.
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