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Aerodynamic analysis for a bat-like robot with a deformable flexible wing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2022

Bosong Duan Open the ORCID record for Bosong Duan [Opens in a new window] ,
Chuangqiang Guo  and
Hong Liu
Bosong Duan
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Chuangqiang Guo*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Hong Liu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: chuangqiang.guo@hit.edu.cn
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Abstract

Due to the efficient and flexible flight ability of bats, bat-like robots have become the focus of research in the field of bionic robots. Aerodynamic calculation is an important part of the research field of bat-like robot, which is the basis of the structure design and flight controller design of bat-like robot. However, due to the complex flight mechanism of bats, there is no mature theoretical method to calculate the flight aerodynamic force of bat-like robots. To solve this problem, this paper takes the membrane of a bat-like robot as the research object and analyzes in detail the effects of wing folding and unfolding and flexible deformation of the membrane on the chord length, passive torsion angle and relative velocity. Based on quasi-steady state model and blade element method, a set of aerodynamic calculation method for flexible deformed wing is established. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, the theoretical calculation results and the results of the fluid-structure interaction simulation are compared and analyzed under various working conditions. The two results are in good agreement under each working condition, and the errors are all within reasonable range, which proves the effectiveness of the method. This study can provide a theoretical basis for rational structure design and precise flight control of bat-like robot.

Keywords

bat-like robotflexible membranedeformationfluid-structure interactionaerodynamic
Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 306 - 325
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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