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Modeling and Analysis of a Simple Flexible Wing—Thorax System in Flapping-Wing Insects [PDF]

Biomimetics, 2022
Small-scale flapping-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs) are an emerging robotic technology with many applications in areas including infrastructure monitoring and remote sensing.
Braden Cote, Samuel Weston, Mark Jankauski   +2 more
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Effect of Wing Membrane Material on the Aerodynamic Performance of Flexible Flapping Wing

Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2022
Flexible deformation of the insect wing has been proven to be beneficial to lift generation and power consumption. There is great potential for shared research between natural insects and bio-inspired Flapping wing Micro Aerial Vehicles (FWMAVs) for ...
Wenqing Yang, Xiaojun Yang, Xinyu Lang   +2 more
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Kinematic and aerodynamic modeling of flexible wings with wing root adjustment for flapping wing micro aerial vehicles [PDF]

Scientific Reports
In the field of insect-like flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle (FWMAV) research, this study focuses on a specific type of FWMAV that is tailless and possesses hovering capabilities.
Ziming Liu, Xiaoya Zhang, Zihao Wang, Ruiqi Ye   +3 more
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Study on influence of ambient temperature on biaxial stress and strength of flexible inflatable wing film

Results in Physics, 2019
With advantages of small folding volume, light weight, simple structure, low cost and so on, the flexible inflatable wing has attracted many researchers' attention.
Ting Liu, Yonggang Xu, Longbin Liu
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Research on aerodynamic characteristics and control method of rigid-flexible variable camber wing [PDF]

Scientific Reports
In order to realize the continuous chord bending of the wing and consider the material deformation limitation, a trailing-edge curvature variable wing section combining rigid and flexible structures is proposed.
Tao Xin, Bin Li
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Ground Vibration Testing of a Flexible Wing: A Benchmark and Case Study

Aerospace, 2022
Beam-like flexible structures are of interest in many fields of engineering, particularly aeronautics, where wings are frequently modelled and represented as such. Experimental modal analysis is commonly used to characterise the wing’s dynamical response.
Luca Zanotti Fragonara, James F Whidborne, Alessandro Pontillo   +2 more
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3D Numerical Simulation of a Hovering Hummingbird-inspired Flapping Wing with Dynamic Morphing [PDF]

Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2022
Three-dimensional numerical simulations are performed to examine the effects of dynamic wing morphing of a hummingbird-inspired flexible flapping wing on its aerodynamic performance in hovering flight.
Y. Dong, B. Song, D. Xue, W. Yang
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Scaling law and enhancement of lift generation of an insect-size hovering flexible wing [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2013
Shyy Wei, Chang-Kwon Kang
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Fluid–Structure Coupling and Aerodynamic Performance of a Multi-Dimensional Morphing Wing with Flexible Metastructure Skin

Aerospace, 2023
A multi-dimensional morphing wing skeleton mechanism is proposed with double-sided triangular pyramid units, which can realize continuous variable span-wise bend, span-wise twist, and sweep.
Hui Yang, Songcheng Jiang, Yan Wang, Hong Xiao   +3 more
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Simulated pilot-in-the-loop testing of handling qualities of the flexible wing aircraft

Aviation, 2020
This article aims to indicate the differences between rigid and flexible wing aircraft flying (FQ) and handling (HQ) qualities. The Simulation Framework for Flexible Aircraft was used to provide a generic cockpit environment and a piloted mathematical ...
Vilius Portapas, Alastair Cooke
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