Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes
This study addresses quantifying the performance of an insect-inspired flapping wing prototype under vacuum condition. The flapping motion was produced by using a single electric motor. Instead of exposing in a vacuum condition, the wings of the flapping prototype were replaced by a pair of rigid cy...
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| author | Muhammad Hazwan Ismail. |
| author2 | School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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| description | This study addresses quantifying the performance of an insect-inspired flapping wing prototype under vacuum condition. The flapping motion was produced by using a single electric motor. Instead of exposing in a vacuum condition, the wings of the flapping prototype were replaced by a pair of rigid cylindrical members that give comparable inertia yet with negligible drag force or aerodynamic damping to achieve the equivalent vacuum environment. For both of the setups, with wings and cylindrical members and to examine the kinematics of the flapping motion, the flapping motion of the system was captured using high-speed video.. The aerodynamic drag forces generated by the prototype were measured based on the captured flapping kinematics. The observations made should benefit in future development of flapping wing vehicles capable of sustained flight. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/502872023-03-04T18:42:41Z Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes Muhammad Hazwan Ismail. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Robotics Research Centre Domenico Campolo DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering This study addresses quantifying the performance of an insect-inspired flapping wing prototype under vacuum condition. The flapping motion was produced by using a single electric motor. Instead of exposing in a vacuum condition, the wings of the flapping prototype were replaced by a pair of rigid cylindrical members that give comparable inertia yet with negligible drag force or aerodynamic damping to achieve the equivalent vacuum environment. For both of the setups, with wings and cylindrical members and to examine the kinematics of the flapping motion, the flapping motion of the system was captured using high-speed video.. The aerodynamic drag forces generated by the prototype were measured based on the captured flapping kinematics. The observations made should benefit in future development of flapping wing vehicles capable of sustained flight. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2012-05-31T06:15:45Z 2012-05-31T06:15:45Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50287 en Nanyang Technological University 56 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering Muhammad Hazwan Ismail. Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| title | Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| title_full | Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| title_fullStr | Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| title_short | Flapping-flight (I): development of a DC motor-based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| title_sort | flapping flight i development of a dc motor based resonant flapping mechanism for large wing strokes |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering |
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