Experimental Validation on Lift Increment of a Flapping Rotary Wing with Boring-hole Design

  • Chen Long
  • , Yan Wanfang
  • , Wu Jianghao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The flapping rotary wing as a novel layout of micro air vehicle (MAV) remains being tested. Boring-hole design was applied to decrease the negative lift generated in wing's upstroke motion. The lift of traditional and boring-hole wingwere measured, contrasted and analyzed by experiments. Another series of experiments was conducted to explore the effect of the hinge material. It is indicated that a critical angle of attack (αt) exist to confirm the lift increment of the perforated wing, and the maximum increment can be up to 35% of the maximummean lift.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1543-1547
Number of pages5
JournalProcedia Engineering
Volume99
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
EventAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2014 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 24 Sep 201426 Sep 2014

Keywords

  • boring-hole design
  • experimental validation
  • flapping rotary wing
  • lift increment

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