1. Optimum aeorelastic design of a flapping wing
- Author
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Isogai, Koji and Harino, Yohei
- Subjects
Drone aircraft -- Design and construction ,Drone aircraft -- Mechanical properties ,Airplanes -- Wings ,Airplanes -- Design and construction ,Airplanes -- Mechanical properties ,Aerospace and defense industries ,Business ,Science and technology - Abstract
A method is presented for the optimum aeroelastic design of a flapping wing employing a lifting-surface theory as an aerodynamic tool and the complex method as the optimization algorithm. The method is applied to the optimum design of a flapping wing of a Kite Hawk (Milvus migrans) unmanned air vehicle and the optimum thickness distribution of the main spar is determined. As a result of the optimization, a high propulsive efficiency of 75% is attained considering only dihedral flapping of the main spar. By evaluating the viscous effect for this optimum design using a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes code, the effectiveness of the design is confirmed. DOI: 10.2514/1.27142
- Published
- 2007