Mass and aerodynamic properties characterization of a non-linearly damped flapping mechanism

• Main Author: Lim, Qing Long
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61329
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work aims at the experimental estimations of wing's aerodynamic and mass properties of a motor-driven flapper which is subjected to nonlinear aerodynamic damping in its operation. Analytical model is built to express the dynamics of the flapping mechanism and static experiments are carried...