An Investigation to Added Mass Force on the Wing of Insect Inspired from a Rigid Sphere Model

Abstract:

There is a force peak at the beginning of each stroke during the insect flight, this force peak contributes a lot to the total aerodynamic force. To build a man made insect inspired man-made micro aero vehicle, this force need to be considered in the aero force model, and this model should as simple as possible in order to be used in feedback real-time control. Here we presented a simplified model to take the medium added mass effect of the wing into account. Simulated results show a high force peak at the beginning of each stroke and are quite similar to the measured forces on the physical wing model which were carried out by Dickinson et.al.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 476-478)
• Pages: 2485-2488
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.476-478.2485
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Mei Jun Hu, Xing Yao Yan, Jin Yao Yan
• Keywords: Added Mass Effect, Insect Flight, Simplified Aero Force Mode

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