Kinematic investigations of a novel flapping actuation design with mutually perpendicular 3 cylindrical joint approach for FW-drones
The transmission mechanism of artificial flapping-wing drones generally needs low weight and the fewest interconnecting components, making their development challenging. The four-bar Linkage mechanism for flapping actuation has generally been used till now with complex and heavy connecting design...
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| Format: | Article |
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MDPI
2023
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109170/ https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/8/2/160 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Summary: | The transmission mechanism of artificial flapping-wing drones generally needs low weight
and the fewest interconnecting components, making their development challenging. The four-bar
Linkage mechanism for flapping actuation has generally been used till now with complex and heavy
connecting designs, but our proposed novel perpendicularly organized 3-cylindrical joint mechanism
is designed to be unique and lighter weight with smooth functioning performance. The proposed
prototype transforms the rotary motion of the motor into a specific angle of flapping movement,
where the dimensions and specifications of the design components are proportional to the obtained
flapping angle. Power consumption and flapping actuation can be monitored by adjusting the motor’s
rotational speed to control the individual wing in this mechanism. The proposed mechanism consists
of a crank with three slightly slidable cylindrical joints perpendicularly arranged to each other with
a specified distance in a well-organized pattern to produce a flapping movement at the other end.
In order to examine the kinematic attributes, a mathematical process approach is formulated, and
kinematic simulations are performed using SIMSCAPE multibody MATLAB, PYTHON programming
and COMPMECH GIM software. The proposed invention’s real-time test bench prototype model is
designed, tested and analyzed for flapping validation. |
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