Flapping Wing Vehicles

Author : Lung-Jieh Yang
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000442624
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flapping Wing Vehicles written by Lung-Jieh Yang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flapping wing vehicles (FWVs) have unique flight characteristics and the successful flight of such a vehicle depends upon efficient design of the flapping mechanisms while keeping the minimum weight of the structure. Flapping Wing Vehicles: Numerical and Experimental Approach discusses design and kinematic analysis of various flapping wing mechanisms, measurement of flap angle/flapping frequency, and computational fluid dynamic analysis of motion characteristics including manufacturing techniques. The book also includes wind tunnel experiments, high-speed photographic analysis of aerodynamic performance, soap film visualization of 3D down washing, studies on the effect of wing rotation, figure-of-eight motion characteristics, and more. Features Covers all aspects of FWVs needed to design one and understand how and why it flies Explains related engineering practices including flapping mechanism design, kinematic analysis, materials, manufacturing, and aerodynamic performance measures using wind tunnel experiments Includes CFD analysis of 3D wing profile, formation flight of FWVs, and soap film visualization of flapping wings Discusses dynamics and image-based control of a group of ornithopters Explores indigenous PCB design for achieving altitude and attitude control This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in mechatronics, materials, aerodynamics, robotics, biomimetics, vehicle design and MAV/UAV.

Author : Thomas J. Mueller
Publisher : AIAA
ISBN 13 : 9781600864469
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicle Applications written by Thomas J. Mueller and published by AIAA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title reports on the latest research in the area of aerodynamic efficency of various fixed-wing, flapping wing, and rotary wing concepts. It presents the progress made by over fifty active researchers in the field.

Author : Wei Shyy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107067987
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Flapping Wing Aerodynamics written by Wei Shyy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers interested in the aerodynamics, structural dynamics and flight dynamics of small birds, bats and insects, as well as of micro air vehicles (MAVs), which present some of the richest problems intersecting science and engineering. The agility and spectacular flight performance of natural flyers, thanks to their flexible, deformable wing structures, as well as to outstanding wing, tail and body coordination, is particularly significant. To design and build MAVs with performance comparable to natural flyers, it is essential that natural flyers' combined flexible structural dynamics and aerodynamics are adequately understood. The primary focus of this book is to address the recent developments in flapping wing aerodynamics. This book extends the work presented in Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Flyers (Shyy et al. 2008).

Author : Wei Shyy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107037263
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Flapping Wing Aerodynamics written by Wei Shyy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone interested in the aerodynamics, structural dynamics and flight dynamics of small birds, bats, insects and air vehicles (MAVs).

Author : G.C.H.E. de Croon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401792089
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The DelFly written by G.C.H.E. de Croon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence. Readers can explore these topics in the context of the "Delfly", a flapping wing robot designed at Delft University in The Netherlands. How are tiny fruit flies able to lift their weight, avoid obstacles and predators, and find food or shelter? The first step in emulating this is the creation of a micro flapping wing robot that flies by itself. The challenges are considerable: the design and aerodynamics of flapping wings are still active areas of scientific research, whilst artificial intelligence is subject to extreme limitations deriving from the few sensors and minimal processing onboard. This book conveys the essential insights that lie behind success such as the DelFly Micro and the DelFly Explorer. The DelFly Micro, with its 3.07 grams and 10 cm wing span, is still the smallest flapping wing MAV in the world carrying a camera, whilst the DelFly Explorer is the world's first flapping wing MAV that is able to fly completely autonomously in unknown environments. The DelFly project started in 2005 and ever since has served as inspiration, not only to many scientific flapping wing studies, but also the design of flapping wing toys. The combination of introductions to relevant fields, practical insights and scientific experiments from the DelFly project make this book a must-read for all flapping wing enthusiasts, be they students, researchers, or engineers.

Author : Cornelia Altenbuchner
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128141379
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles written by Cornelia Altenbuchner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles presents research on the implementation of a flexible multi-body dynamic representation of a flapping wing ornithopter that considers aero-elasticity. This effort brings advances in the understanding of flapping wing flight physics and dynamics that ultimately leads to an improvement in the performance of such flight vehicles, thus reaching their high performance potential. In using this model, it is necessary to reduce body accelerations and forces of an ornithopter vehicle, as well as to improve the aerodynamic performance and enhance flight kinematics and forces which are the design optimization objectives. This book is a useful reference for postgraduates in mechanical engineering and related areas, as well as researchers in the field of multibody dynamics. Uses Lagrange equations of motion in terms of a generalized coordinate vector of the rigid and flexible bodies in order to model the flexible multi-body system Provides flight verification data and flight physics of highly flexible ornithoptic vehicles Includes an online companion site with files/codes used in application examples

Author : Hermann Schlichting
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aerodynamics of the Airplane written by Hermann Schlichting and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1979 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jadran Lenarčič
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402086008
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Design written by Jadran Lenarčič and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the most recent research advances in the theory, design, control and application of robotic systems, which are intended for a variety of purposes such as manipulation, manufacturing, automation, surgery, locomotion and biomechanics.

Author : Dario Floreano
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540893938
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Insects and Robots written by Dario Floreano and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying insects are intelligent micromachines capable of exquisite maneuvers in unpredictable environments. Understanding these systems advances our knowledge of flight control, sensor suites, and unsteady aerodynamics, which is of crucial interest to engineers developing intelligent flying robots or micro air vehicles (MAVs). The insights we gain when synthesizing bioinspired systems can in turn benefit the fields of neurophysiology, ethology and zoology by providing real-life tests of the proposed models. This book was written by biologists and engineers leading the research in this crossdisciplinary field. It examines all aspects of the mechanics, technology and intelligence of insects and insectoids. After introductory-level overviews of flight control in insects, dedicated chapters focus on the development of autonomous flying systems using biological principles to sense their surroundings and autonomously navigate. A significant part of the book is dedicated to the mechanics and control of flapping wings both in insects and artificial systems. Finally hybrid locomotion, energy harvesting and manufacturing of small flying robots are covered. A particular feature of the book is the depth on realization topics such as control engineering, electronics, mechanics, optics, robotics and manufacturing. This book will be of interest to academic and industrial researchers engaged with theory and engineering in the domains of aerial robotics, artificial intelligence, and entomology.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781563475177
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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