Structural Technology Evaluation and Analysis Program (STEAP). Delivery Order 0035: Dynamics and Control and Computational Design of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles

Abstract

The task objectives were to: understand the flight dynamics of flapping-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs), design and test flight control laws on flapping FWMAV prototypes that enable controlled flight with the ability to hover and maneuver forward/backward and sideways. The effort was aimed at developing a knowledge base that will lead to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms that can hide in plain sight, reject disturbances and operate in cluttered/confined spaces. The related key science issues were to develop a control-oriented model of the aerodynamics and structure; design and implementation of a control theory, where the control forces/moments are constrained to a periodic form, and to use these periodic forces to precisely direct ISR sensors in cluttered/confined spaces in the presence of disturbances such as gusts and steady winds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA582345

Entities

People

  • Christopher Smithson
  • David O. Sigthorsson
  • Isaac E. Weintraub

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Information Systems
  • Mathematical Models
  • Micro Air Vehicles
  • Military Research
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers