Flight dynamics and control of flapping-wing MAVs: a review

Taha, Haitham E.; Hajj, Muhammad R.; Nayfeh, Ali H.

doi:10.1007/s11071-012-0529-5

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“…Accounting for all time-resolved forces and torques produced while flapping and the subsequent body dynamics will involve direct numerical simulation of the aerodynamic forces and body dynamics including compliance, which is still challenging and requires enormous computational resources. Readers are referred to [137,174,252] for a detailed review of the current state of stability analysis of insect-scale natural and artificial flight.…”

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Aerodynamics, sensing and control of insect-scale flapping-wing flight

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There are nearly a million known species of flying insects and 13 000 species of flying warm-blooded vertebrates, including mammals, birds and bats. While in flight, their wings not only move forward relative to the air, they also flap up and down, plunge and sweep, so that both lift and thrust can be generated and balanced, accommodate uncertain surrounding environment, with superior flight stability and dynamics with highly varied speeds and missions. As the size of a flyer is reduced, the wing-to-body mass ratio tends to decrease as well. Furthermore, these flyers use integrated system consisting of wings to generate aerodynamic forces, muscles to move the wings, and sensing and control systems to guide and manoeuvre. In this article, recent advances in insect-scale flapping-wing aerodynamics, flexible wing structures, unsteady flight environment, sensing, stability and control are reviewed with perspective offered. In particular, the special features of the low Reynolds number flyers associated with small sizes, thin and light structures, slow flight with comparable wind gust speeds, bioinspired fabrication of wing structures, neuron-based sensing and adaptive control are highlighted.

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Aerodynamics, sensing and control of insect-scale flapping-wing flight

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“…Prova disto é a publicação de várias revisões bibliográficas, assim como de um livro a respeito do tema (Weisshaar, 2006;Thill et al, 2008;McGowan et al, 2009;Sofla et al, 2010;Taha et al, 2012;Valasek, 2012;Vasista et al, 2012;Weisshaar, 2013;Sinapius et al, 2014;Barbarino et al, 2014). (1975-1988o Smart Wing Program;o Aircraft Morphing Project (NASA Langley, 1994-2004; e o Morphing Aircraft Structures Program (DARPA, 2002(DARPA, -2007.…”

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Variable Camber Morphing Wings

Rade¹,

Souza²

2016

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Air Force Materiel Command REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Department of Defense, Executive Service Directorate (0704-0188). Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ORGANIZATION. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)01/02/2016 REPORT TYPE FINAL DATES COVERED (From -To PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)FEDERAL SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)USAF SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ABSTRACTThis project is inserted within the scope of the technology of morphing aircrafts. Specifically, the research team investigated, in a multidisciplinary framework, the design methodology of variable camber morphing wings based on the use of active materials, namely piezoelectric materials and shape memory alloys. The research work has been carried out in partnership with Prof. Daniel J. Inman, from the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Michigan. After preliminary assessment of various innovative candidate morphing strategies, the research evolved to the concept of active meta-structures based on shape memory alloys and permanent magnets, which is currently in development in the context of a Ph.D. thesis jointly advised by Profs. Domingos A. Rade and Daniel J. Inman. The main accomplishments made are the following:1.development of a methodology for the multidisciplinary design of variable camber morphing wings based on finite element simulations, encompassing the thermo-mechanical behavior of shape memory alloys and aerodynamic transient analysis. This methodology enables to evaluate the evolution of the aerodynamic forces and moment during the morphing transition.2. conceptual design and tests of variable camber aerodynamic profiles combining shape memory alloy wires and permanent magnets to achieve multistable configuration for morphing purposes. SUBJECT TERMSMorphing wings, smart materials, adaptive aircraft, shape memory alloys SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT NUMBER OF PAGES 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON a. REPORT b. ABSTRACT c. THIS PAGE 19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code)Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8/98) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39.18Adobe Professional 7.0 DISTRIBUTION A: Distribution approved for public release. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SF 2981. REPORT DATE. Full p...

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“…Each of these survey papers addressed a particular broad sub-area of flight. Shyy and co-authors [1] focused on aerodynamics and structures; the papers by Girard [2] and Nayfeh [3] provide a complete review from a dynamics and control perspective; books by Azuma [4] and Mueller [5] form a complete tutorial on flapping flight. Brown [6] reviews the flapping flight of birds from the perspective of flight performance, with detailed observations on the flapping wing kinematics.…”

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“…13 (3), 267-281 (2012) force distribution on morphing aircraft wings which change shape to yield variable span-wise dihedral. They focused on turning flight and demonstrated that asymmetric wings produce a reduced load factor for every value of the turn rate.…”

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A Flight Mechanics-Centric Review of Bird-Scale Flapping Flight

Paranjape¹,

Dorothy²,

Chung³

et al. 2012

International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences

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This paper reviews the flight mechanics and control of birds and bird-size aircraft. It is intended to fill a niche in the current survey literature which focuses primarily on the aerodynamics, flight dynamics and control of insect scale flight. We review the flight mechanics from first principles and summarize some recent results on the stability and control of birds and bird-scale aircraft. Birds spend a considerable portion of their flight in the gliding (i.e., non-flapping) phase. Therefore, we also review the stability and control of gliding flight, and particularly those aspects which are derived from the unique control features of birds.

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Flight dynamics and control of flapping-wing MAVs: a review

Cited by 155 publications

References 95 publications

Aerodynamics, sensing and control of insect-scale flapping-wing flight

Aerodynamics, sensing and control of insect-scale flapping-wing flight

Variable Camber Morphing Wings

A Flight Mechanics-Centric Review of Bird-Scale Flapping Flight

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