Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles

Flapping-wing aerial vehicles have the potential to be utilized for search and rescue missions, environmental surveillance, and to aid first responders. The research presented in this book leads to a flexible multi-body dynamic representation of a flapping wing ornithopter considering aero-elasticity. This effort brings advances in the understanding of flapping wing flight physics and dynamics that ultimately leads to an improvement in the performance of such flight vehicles, and thus reaching their high performance potential. To accomplish the complex problem of improving ornithopter flight dynamics, a novel approach to flexible multi-body dynamics and aero-elasticity modeling was developed in conjunction with experimental data. The focus of the modeling effort is on the capability of improvement of flight characteristics in straight and level flight. In using this model, it is desirable to reduce body accelerations and forces of an ornithopher vehicle, as well as to improve the aerodynamic performance, and enhance flight kinematics and forces which are the design optimization objectives. Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modelling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles will be a useful reference for postgraduates in Mechanical Engineering and related areas, as well as researchers in the field of Multibody Dynamics. Uses Lagrange equations of motion in terms of a generalized coordinate vector of the rigid and flexible bodies in order to model the flexible multi-body systemProvides flight verification data and flight physics of highly flexible ornithoptic vehiclesOnline companion site includes source files/codes used in the application examples INDICE: 1. Bio-inspired Flight Robotics Systems 2. Flexible Multi- Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology's for Flapping Wing Vehicles 3. Bio- Inspired Flapping- wing Test platform used to implement Modern Modeling Methodology 4. Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology Implementation Avian Scale Flapping Wing Flyer 5. Aerodynamics Modeling for Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology Implementation Avian Scale Flapping Wing Flyer 6. Results Modeling Methodology Implementation and Flight Simulation 7. Concluding Remarks about Modern Modeling Methodology Implementation and Flight Physics of Avian -scale Flight Robotics Systems

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814136-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés