The focus of this Year II Director's Research Initiative resulted in design improvements and extended experimental capability for the next design iteration of millimeter-scale flapping wings. Three different design approaches intended to produce significant pitching motion through a flap stroke are outlined while providing a more detailed description of the design methodology for one technique employing two orthogonally mounted bending actuators. Two possible approaches to designing a balance that will allow for unobtrusive measurements of the wing force production demonstrate the necessary sensitivity. A described meso-fabrication setup will reduce design cycle time. Finally, a nearly capable Reynolds number scaled testing facility, which will assist in future designs and experimental assessment, is briefly described.


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    Title :

    Bio-mimetic Millimeter-scale Flapping Wings for Micro Air Vehicles, Year II


    Contributors:
    C. Kroninger (author) / J. Pulskamp (author) / R. G. Polcawich (author) / E. Wetzel (author)

    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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