Modeling, Simulation and Implementation of a Bird-Inspired Morphing Wing Aircraft
Abstract
We present a design of a bird-inspired morphing wing aircraft, including bionic research, modeling, simulation and flight experiments. Inspired by birds and activated by a planar linkage, our proposed aircraft has three key states: gliding, descending and high-maneuverability. We build the aerodynamic model of the aircraft and analyze its mechanisms to find out a group of optimized parameters. Furthermore, we validate our design by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation based on Lattice-Boltzmann technology and determine three phases of the planar linkage for the three states. Lastly, we manufacture a prototype and conduct flight experiments to test the performance of the aircraft.
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@article{arxiv.2007.03352,
title = {Modeling, Simulation and Implementation of a Bird-Inspired Morphing Wing Aircraft},
author = {Kun Xiao and Yuxin Chen and Wuyao Jiang and Chenyao Wang and Longfei Zhao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.03352},
year = {2020}
}
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2019 3rd International Conference on Robotics and Automation Sciences (ICRAS)