Insect-Inspired Micro Air Vehicles

Rajeev Kumar; Ryan Randall; Dima Silin; Sergey V. Shkarayev

doi:10.1142/9789814354936_0023

Insect-Inspired Micro Air Vehicles

Rajeev Kumar, Ryan Randall, Dima Silin, Sergey V. Shkarayev

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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This study provides a literature review relevant to bioinspired micro air vehicle design, with emphasis placed on flapping locust hindwings. General ornithopter design and fabrication options are considered. Three sets of artificial wings are designed, constructed and tested. The artificial wings have varied chordwise stiffness and are each 49mmin length. Locust wing kinematics are quantified and used to design two different transmissions: one strictly flapping and the other a combination of active pitching and flapping. Force data are acquired for the locust and artificial wings; stroke-averaged results are discussed. Flapping-wing experiments span 10 Hz to 26 Hz at zero freestream velocity.A14-cm wingspan radio-controlled ornithopter is designed and built using some considered concepts. The aircraft was successfully tested and it performed controlled flight and demonstrated an ability to withstand moderate winds.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Biomimetics and Bioinspiration
Subtitle of host publication	Biologically-driven Engineering of Materials, Processes, Devices, and Systems (In 3 Volumes)
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co.
Pages	613-639
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	9789814354936
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814354936_0023
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

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Engineering(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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