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Qizong Sun, Ertian Hua, Liying Sun, Linfeng Qiu, Yabo Song and Mingwang Xiang
The flapping hydrofoil bionic pump is an innovative hydrodynamic device that utilizes flapping hydrofoil technology. Flapping hydrofoil bionic pumps are crucial in addressing issues like inadequate river hydropower and limited water purification capabili...
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Ming Qi, Wenguo Zhu and Shu Li
The flight of a migratory bird-like flapping-wing aircraft is characterized by a low Reynolds number and unsteadiness. The selection of airfoil profiles is critical to designing an efficient flapping-wing aircraft. To choose the suitable airfoil for vari...
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Alex T. Lefik, Romeo M. Marian and Javaan S. Chahl
There are flapping wing-style systems being developed by various institutions around the world. However, despite there being many systems that superficially appear robust, there is no viable flapping wing flying system at this time. We identified a gap i...
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Jae-Hung Han, Yu-Jeong Han, Hyeon-Ho Yang, Sang-Gil Lee and Eun-Hyuck Lee
This study focuses on the flapping mechanisms found in recently developed biometric flapping-wing air vehicles (FWAVs). FWAVs mimic the flight characteristics of flying animals, providing advantages such as maneuverability, inconspicuousness, and excelle...
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Xiancheng Gu, Linghua Dong, Tong Li and Weidong Yang
An active rotor with trailing-edge flaps (TEFs) is an effective active vibration control method for helicopters. Blade flapping dynamic characteristics have a significant effect on the active vibration control performance of an active rotor. In this stud...
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Yuanbo Dong, Bifeng Song, Wenqing Yang and Dong Xue
Due to the complexity of tailoring the wing flexibility and selecting favorable kinematics, the design of flapping wings is a considerably challenging problem. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate methods that can be used to design wings wit...
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Shengjie Xiao, Yuhong Sun, Dapeng Ren, Kai Hu, Huichao Deng, Yun Wang and Xilun Ding
A key challenge in flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) design is to generate high aerodynamic force/torque for improving the vehicle?s maneuverability. This paper presents a bio-inspired hover-capable flapping-wing micro air vehicle, named RoboFly.S,...
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Xinyu Lang, Bifeng Song, Wenqing Yang, Xiaojun Yang and Dong Xue
The wing planform and flapping kinematics are critical for the hovering flight of flapping wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs). The degree of influence of wing geometry and kinematic parameters on aerodynamic performance still lacks in-depth analysis. In th...
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Blake McIvor, John McGuire and Javaan Chahl
We present a method for generating feedback and controlling multi-coil linear electromagnetic actuators for flapping wing systems. This has been achieved with a system capable of self-lifting, constructed using 3D-printed structures and miniaturised elec...
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Ming Qi, Wenguo Zhu and Shu Li
For large bird-like flapping wing aircraft, the fluid?structure coupling problem is very important. Through the passive torsional deformation of the wing, sufficient thrust is generated and propulsion efficiency is ensured. Moreover, spanwise bending def...
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