Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle
Recently, flapping wing micro air vehicles have received great attention with the drive to make smaller and smaller devices. This paper describes a theoretical investigation and subsequent practical implementation of a specific type of flight motor structure for this type of micro air vehicle that u...
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| author | Tang, Bin Meng, Xia Zhang, Fuliang Brennan, Michael J. Lau, Gih-Keong Wang, Zheng Feng, Liyan |
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| description | Recently, flapping wing micro air vehicles have received great attention with the drive to make smaller and smaller devices. This paper describes a theoretical investigation and subsequent practical implementation of a specific type of flight motor structure for this type of micro air vehicle that uses a “click” mechanism to improve mechanical efficiency. Diptera, which may use the mechanism, are the inspiration for this work. It builds on previous research into the “click” mechanism, which has been studied both from the biological and engineering points of view. It is difficult to capture the important fine details using a simple analytical model; hence, a multi-body dynamic software is used to model the device and to aid the design of a large-scale prototype. Force–deflection curves of the structure and the displacement response are obtained numerically and experimentally. The experimental and numerical results compare reasonably well, enabling the model to be used for further development and potential miniaturization of the flight motor structure. In a practical device, asymmetry occurs in the up- and down-stroke. The effects of this asymmetry are compared with previous results from analytical models. It is found that asymmetry offers a marginal improvement. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1070222023-03-04T17:19:21Z Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle Tang, Bin Meng, Xia Zhang, Fuliang Brennan, Michael J. Lau, Gih-Keong Wang, Zheng Feng, Liyan School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Engineering::Mechanical engineering Micro Air Vehicle Flapping Wing Recently, flapping wing micro air vehicles have received great attention with the drive to make smaller and smaller devices. This paper describes a theoretical investigation and subsequent practical implementation of a specific type of flight motor structure for this type of micro air vehicle that uses a “click” mechanism to improve mechanical efficiency. Diptera, which may use the mechanism, are the inspiration for this work. It builds on previous research into the “click” mechanism, which has been studied both from the biological and engineering points of view. It is difficult to capture the important fine details using a simple analytical model; hence, a multi-body dynamic software is used to model the device and to aid the design of a large-scale prototype. Force–deflection curves of the structure and the displacement response are obtained numerically and experimentally. The experimental and numerical results compare reasonably well, enabling the model to be used for further development and potential miniaturization of the flight motor structure. In a practical device, asymmetry occurs in the up- and down-stroke. The effects of this asymmetry are compared with previous results from analytical models. It is found that asymmetry offers a marginal improvement. Published version 2019-06-28T05:48:07Z 2019-12-06T22:23:15Z 2019-06-28T05:48:07Z 2019-12-06T22:23:15Z 2017 Journal Article Tang, B., Meng, X., Zhang, F., Brennan, M. J., Lau, G.-K., Wang, Z., & Feng, L. (2017). Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 9(2), 136-145. doi:10.1177/1756829317695562 1756-8293 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107022 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49015 10.1177/1756829317695562 en International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles © 2017 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). 10 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Micro Air Vehicle Flapping Wing Tang, Bin Meng, Xia Zhang, Fuliang Brennan, Michael J. Lau, Gih-Keong Wang, Zheng Feng, Liyan Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| title | Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| title_full | Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| title_fullStr | Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| title_short | Theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio-inspired “click” mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| title_sort | theoretical and practical investigation into the use of a bio inspired click mechanism for the flight motor of a micro air vehicle |
| topic | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Micro Air Vehicle Flapping Wing |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107022 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49015 |
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