Performing the biomimetic morphing method on a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) wing is very challenging tasks due to the MAV wing size limitation, limited energy budgets, complicated …
Z Zhang, A Wrist, JP Hubner - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper compares the wake characteristics and aerodynamic forces for spanwise- tensioned membranes with free and fixed leading edges (LE). LE vibration was generated …
Some fixed-wing micro air vehicles (MAVs) have high levels of structural flexibility, a property which can change the flight dynamics and control characteristics of the vehicle …
JT Cantrell, BW LaCroix, PG Ifju - International Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Micro air vehicles with thin membrane wings have the ability to passively adapt to flight conditions improving aircraft stability. This work is concerned with the prop-wash induced …
J Babcock, R Albertani, G Abate - Journal of aircraft, 2012 - arc.aiaa.org
MICRO air vehicles (MAVs) have a maximal dimension of 15 cm or smaller and a flight speed of about 10 m= s, resulting in a Reynolds number flight regime in the range of 104 …
I of bio-inspired flight dynamics have been gaining the increasing attention of researchers in the recent years. In nature, insects, birds and bats have been evolved to utilize their flexible …
J Babcock, R Lind - The Aeronautical Journal, 2014 - cambridge.org
Wing flexibility is well established as providing gust rejection and delayed onset of stall for micro air vehicles. As such, many designs adopt wings of a flexible material mounted onto a …
K Stewart, R Albertani - European Micro Air Vehicle Conference and …, 2007 - aeromav.free.fr
HERE is interest in the research community to further develop the technologies associated with micro air vehicles (MAVs) and their ability to perform in tightly confined environments at …