An investigation into the longitudinal dynamics and control of a flapping wing micro air vehicle at hovering flight

Loh, K.; Cook, M.V.; Thomasson, P.

doi:10.1017/s0001924000013506

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“…Regarding insect-inspired aircraft, most of the multibody flight dynamics models in the literature focus on the degrees of freedom associated with wing motion. Although some strictly only consider the relative movement of the wings [35,43,[45][46][47][48][49], a few consider the effects of wing mass and inertia [38,50]. Fewer studies have considered the effect or role of abdominal articulation.…”

Section: Moving Masses In Insect Flightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling and Control of an Articulated Multibody Aircraft

2022

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Insects use dynamic articulation and actuation of their abdomen and other appendages to augment aerodynamic flight control. These dynamic phenomena in flight serve many purposes, including maintaining balance, enhancing stability, and extending maneuverability. The behaviors have been observed and measured by biologists but have not been well modeled in a flight dynamics framework. Biological appendages are generally comparatively large, actuated in rotation, and serve multiple biological functions. Technological moving masses for flight control have tended to be compact, translational, internally mounted and dedicated to the task. Many flight characteristics of biological flyers far exceed any technological flyers on the same scale. Mathematical tools that support modern control techniques to explore and manage these actuator functions may unlock new opportunities to achieve agility. The compact tensor model of multibody aircraft flight dynamics developed here allows unified dynamic and aerodynamic simulation and control of bioinspired aircraft with wings and any number of idealized appendage masses. The demonstrated aircraft model was a dragonfly-like fixed-wing aircraft. The control effect of the moving abdomen was comparable to the control surfaces, with lateral abdominal motion substituting for an aerodynamic rudder to achieve coordinated turns. Vertical fuselage motion achieved the same effect as an elevator, and included potentially useful transient torque reactions both up and down. The best performance was achieved when both moving masses and control surfaces were employed in the control solution. An aircraft with fuselage actuation combined with conventional control surfaces could be managed with a modern optimal controller designed using the multibody flight dynamics model presented here.

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Section: Moving Masses In Insect Flightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling and Control of an Articulated Multibody Aircraft

2022

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A multi-body control approach for flapping wing micro aerial vehicles

Khosravi

Novinzadeh

2021

Aerospace Science and Technology

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A bibliometric review of progress in micro air vehicle research

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Fearday

Salami

et al. 2017

International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles

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Micro air vehicle research has exponentially expanded since the first articles began to be published in the late 1990s. This article presents a comprehensive bibliometric review of journal articles published on micro air vehicle research from 1998 until 2015. The articles are classified into three types of micro air vehicle: fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and flapping-wing (biomimetic). These types are based upon their primary means of generating lift and propulsive thrust. The specific type of research in these articles is also examined, divided into subcategories of: aerodynamics; guidance, navigation, and control; propulsion; structures and materials; and system design. Numerous bibliometric indicators are presented and analyzed to understand how micro air vehicle research is expanding, which authoring organizations are leading the research, which external sponsoring organizations are providing funding, and the challenges that remain for future researchers. The analysis shows that the majority of the research articles are being written by organizations from the US, China, UK, France, and South Korea. Although biomimetic micro air vehicles are currently the most popular type of micro air vehicle, in recent years the growing popularity of rotary-wing micro air vehicles (especially as a guidance, navigation, and control test platform) has caused it to rival biomimetic micro air vehicles in popularity.

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An investigation into the longitudinal dynamics and control of a flapping wing micro air vehicle at hovering flight

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Modeling and Control of an Articulated Multibody Aircraft

Modeling and Control of an Articulated Multibody Aircraft

A multi-body control approach for flapping wing micro aerial vehicles

A bibliometric review of progress in micro air vehicle research

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