Open Access3D Flapping Trajectory of a Micro-Air-Vehicle and its Application to Unsteady Flow Simulation
Author(s) -
LungJieh Yang,
Fu-Yuen Hsiao,
Wen-Tzu Tang,
I-Cheng Huang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of advanced robotic systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1729-8814
pISSN - 1729-8806
DOI - 10.5772/56565
Subject(s) - flapping , airfoil , trajectory , computer science , wing , micro air vehicle , aerodynamics , flow (mathematics) , simulation , oblique case , aerospace engineering , physics , mechanics , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , astronomy
A three‐dimensional (3D) trajectory detection framework using two high‐speed cameras for the flapping flexible wing of a micro‐air‐vehicle (MAV) is presented. This MAV, which is called the “Golden Snitch”, has a successful flight record of 8 minutes. We embed the flexible wingskin with a nine light emitting diode (LED) array as the light enhancing marker and capsulate it with parylene (poly‐para‐xylylene) as the protection layer. We confirm an oblique figure of eight trajectory of this MAV’s wing with time‐varying coordinate data. The corresponding aerofoil of the main wings’ profiles was subjected to the time‐varying coordinate data, yielding a resolution of a 1/70 wing beating cycle of 15Hz flapping. The trajectory information is first demonstrated as the moving boundaries of an unsteady flow simulation around a flapping flexible wing