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.
Bio-mimetic Millimeter-scale Flapping Wings for Micro Air Vehicles, Year II
2010
20 pages
Report
No indication
English
Electrotechnology , Fluid Mechanics , Aerodynamics , Biomedical Instrumentation & Bioengineering , Wings , Biomimetics , Microelectromechanical systems , Reynolds number , Finite element analysis , Robotics , Micro air vehicles , Flapping wings , Meso-fabrication , Bending actuators , Millimeter-scale
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