Flexible membrane wings have many advantages, but has very little roll control authority. In this paper, the flexible membrane wing is actuated using a tendon-sheath mechanism to achieve roll control and also allowing the wing to fold. The characteristics of the flexible wing, as well as the wing warping actuation approach is discussed in this paper. The experimental setup and results are shown. The characteristics of the tendon-sheath is shown to be suitable for flexible wing actuation. A simple nonlinear curve fitting model is also presented.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Flexible membrane wing warping using tendon-sheath mechanism


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2015-06-01


    Size :

    2323467 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Tendon-Sheath Mechanisms in Flexible Membrane Wing Mini-UAVs: Control and Performance

    Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo / Shian Lee | DOAJ | 2017

    Free access

    A Novel Mechanism for Wing Warping

    Vos, Roelof / Gurdal, Zafer / Abdalla, Mostafa | AIAA | 2008



    Aerodynamic Control of an Inflatable Wing Using Wing Warping

    Simpson, Andrew / Jacob, Jamey | AIAA | 2005


    Elongation Modeling and Compensation for the Flexible Tendon-Sheath System

    Sun, ZL / Wang, Z / Phee, SJ | BASE | 2014

    Free access