Experimental Study On The Wing Structure And Skin Flexibility For Flapping Wing Of Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)

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dc.contributor.authorAb Rashid, Rohayati
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T02:36:30Z
dc.date.available2018-09-06T02:36:30Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.description.abstractMicro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) in Malaysia is still at an early stage. Therefore, the development of flapping a wing MAV by Aerodynamic Laboratory in School of Mechanical Universiti Sains Malaysia, encourage the local researchers and scientist to study the importance and the capability of flapping a wing MAV. The flapping wing MAV shows great promise in civilian and military applications as it possesses good maneuverability at low speeds and relatively good energy efficiency. Hence, it is vital for the MAV to be able to carry a certain load of additional equipment in accordance to performing its function successfully. In this study, the experimental work is carried on a flapping wing mechanism model and tested in an air chamber. The investigations have been carried out using three different wing structures; a batwing, three battens and five batten wings. The results show that, batwing is the best in aerodynamic performance compared to the other two types of wing with L/Dmax 1.31 at α = 30o. For the skin flexibility study, the flexible latex thick wing was found to have better overall performance over the rigid wing for flapping flight with CL= 3.9 at J=0.88, (unsteady state). The PVC rigid wing was found to have better lift production performance for flapping flight in steady condition and the latex thin wing, which is the most flexible among the three tested wings, was found to have the better lift generation performance compared with the latex thick wing for flapping flight, especially for high speed flapping flight applications.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6518
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectThe importance and the capabilityen_US
dc.subjectof flapping a wing MAVen_US
dc.titleExperimental Study On The Wing Structure And Skin Flexibility For Flapping Wing Of Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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