The longitudinal stability of FWMAVs considering the oscillation of body in forward flight

Dong Xue, Bifeng Song, Wenping Song, Wenqing Yang, Wenfu Xu

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Abstract

FWMAVs (Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles) turn to be a flexible multibody system when the inertia and flexibility of flapping wing are considered. The flight dynamic stability considering the oscillation of body in forward flight are still an open question. In this study, based on a method coupled CFD (Computational fluid dynamics), CSD (Computational structural dynamics) and equations of longitudinal motion for FWMAVs, the periodic derivatives of forces and moment during whole flapping course can be computed. The dynamic stability is analysed by Floquet method specially for the cyclic-motion equilibrium. Results show that the FWMAV in forward flight is stable and character of eigenvalue is similar to that of fixed-wing vehicles. However, the effect of pitch rate damping is different from its role played for the fixed wing vehicle. As the pitch rate damping increases, the system turns to be unstable. These results can inform designs of FWMAV from the perspective of dynamic stability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications - 12th International Conference, ICIRA 2019, Proceedings
EditorsHaibin Yu, Jinguo Liu, Lianqing Liu, Yuwang Liu, Zhaojie Ju, Dalin Zhou
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages351-361
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030275341
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2019 - Shenyang, China
Duration: 8 Aug 201911 Aug 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11742 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenyang
Period8/08/1911/08/19

Keywords

  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational structural dynamics (CSD)
  • Flapping wing
  • Flight stability
  • Multibody dynamics

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