Open AccessAn experimental mechanism of a tandem flapping wing for micro aerial vehicle
Author(s) -
Noor Iswadi Ismail,
H. Yusoff,
Salina Budin,
Aliff Farhan Mohd Yamin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1349/1/012014
Subject(s) - flapping , wingspan , wing , lift (data mining) , aerospace engineering , micro air vehicle , mechanism (biology) , aerodynamics , insect flight , wing configuration , marine engineering , engineering , acoustics , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , data mining
Micro Aerial Vehicles, otherwise known as MAVs, is defined as an aerial vehicle that has a 15cm or less wingspan with a take off wight of less than 200g. Its miniature size and manoeuvrability allows it to fly in confined space at low Reynolds number flight conditions (100 – 100,000). In this study, an entothopter design inspired by dragonfly wings was investigated using a subsonic wind tunnel to see the effect of tandem wing configuration on the lift generation. The study was done at different flapping frequency (5-11Hz) and at different flight speed (5m/s, 7m/s, and 9m/s). It was observed that in phase flapping configuration produces better lift for all flapping frequency and all flight speed.