Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing

The biomimetic micro air vehicles (BMAV) are unmanned, micro-scaled aircraft that are bio-inspired from flying organisms to achieve the lift and thrust by flapping their wings. There are still many technological challenges involved with designing the BMAV. One of these is designing the ultra-lightwe...

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Main Authors: Salami, E., Ganesan, P. B., Ward, T. A., Viyapuri, R., Romli, F. I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2016
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author Salami, E.
Ganesan, P. B.
Ward, T. A.
Viyapuri, R.
Romli, F. I.
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Ganesan, P. B.
Ward, T. A.
Viyapuri, R.
Romli, F. I.
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description The biomimetic micro air vehicles (BMAV) are unmanned, micro-scaled aircraft that are bio-inspired from flying organisms to achieve the lift and thrust by flapping their wings. There are still many technological challenges involved with designing the BMAV. One of these is designing the ultra-lightweight materials and structures for the wings that have enough mechanical strength to withstand continuous flapping at high frequencies. Insects achieve this by having chitin-based, wing frame structures that encompass a thin, film membrane. The main objectives of this study are to design a biodegradable BMAV wing (inspired from the dragonfly) and analyze its mechanical properties. The dragonfly-like wing frame structure was bio-mimicked and fabricated using a 3D printer. A chitosan nanocomposite film membrane was applied to the BMAV wing frames through casting method. Its mechanical performance was analyzed using universal testing machine (UTM). This analysis indicates that the tensile strength and Young's modulus of the wing with a membrane is nearly double that of the wing without a membrane, which allow higher wing beat frequencies and deflections that in turn enable a greater lifting performance.
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spelling upm-554482017-09-14T10:02:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55448/ Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing Salami, E. Ganesan, P. B. Ward, T. A. Viyapuri, R. Romli, F. I. The biomimetic micro air vehicles (BMAV) are unmanned, micro-scaled aircraft that are bio-inspired from flying organisms to achieve the lift and thrust by flapping their wings. There are still many technological challenges involved with designing the BMAV. One of these is designing the ultra-lightweight materials and structures for the wings that have enough mechanical strength to withstand continuous flapping at high frequencies. Insects achieve this by having chitin-based, wing frame structures that encompass a thin, film membrane. The main objectives of this study are to design a biodegradable BMAV wing (inspired from the dragonfly) and analyze its mechanical properties. The dragonfly-like wing frame structure was bio-mimicked and fabricated using a 3D printer. A chitosan nanocomposite film membrane was applied to the BMAV wing frames through casting method. Its mechanical performance was analyzed using universal testing machine (UTM). This analysis indicates that the tensile strength and Young's modulus of the wing with a membrane is nearly double that of the wing without a membrane, which allow higher wing beat frequencies and deflections that in turn enable a greater lifting performance. Institute of Physics Publishing 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55448/1/Design%20and%20mechanical%20analysis%20of%20a%203D-printed%20biodegradable.pdf Salami, E. and Ganesan, P. B. and Ward, T. A. and Viyapuri, R. and Romli, F. I. (2016) Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 152 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1757-899X 10.1088/1757-899X/152/1/012014
spellingShingle Salami, E.
Ganesan, P. B.
Ward, T. A.
Viyapuri, R.
Romli, F. I.
Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
title Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
title_full Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
title_fullStr Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
title_full_unstemmed Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
title_short Design and mechanical analysis of a 3D-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
title_sort design and mechanical analysis of a 3d-printed biodegradable biomimetic micro air vehicle wing
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