Generation of Controllable Time-Mean Microvortices to Mimic Insect Flights

Abstract

This report presents a study of a novel mechanism (microvortices) to generate lift towards application in micro air vehicle (MAV). The mechanism of vortex generation considered is in-plane oscillation of a flat plate with suitable structure on the plate's top surface. Methodologically, experimental approach is first commenced followed by compution to study a wide range of parameter space. The microdevice leverages on Lorentz force to drive the suspended MEMs-based microplate to in-plane resonance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA513776

Entities

People

  • Andrew M. Wo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Lorentz Force
  • Mechanics
  • Micro Air Vehicles
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Oscillation
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Signatures
  • Resonance
  • Reynolds Number
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Neuroscience

Technology Areas

  • Space