TY - GEN
T1 - Aerodynamic Analysis of V-Shaped Flight Formation of Flapping-Wing Drones
T2 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
AU - Martinez-Ponce, Joseph
AU - Urban, Cameron
AU - Armanini, Sophie
AU - Agarwal, Ramesh
AU - Hassanalian, Mostafa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper aims to simulate and design a V-shaped flight formation of flapping wing drones for the purpose of analyzing the induced drag experienced on each drone. Similar experiments have conducted analysis on V-shaped flight formations of drones. However, the distinct difference between this paper and other experiments is that this paper will utilize a flapping wing motion on the drones, while the other experiments utilized fixed-wing drones. The effects of flapping-wing drones may have a better correlation to the effects experienced on migrating birds when they form V-shaped flights, thus bringing further insight into how aerodynamical effects of V-shaped formation flights aid migrating birds. Furthermore, experimenting with flapping-wing drones in V-shaped flights may also bring insight into increasing the power efficiency of drones.
AB - This paper aims to simulate and design a V-shaped flight formation of flapping wing drones for the purpose of analyzing the induced drag experienced on each drone. Similar experiments have conducted analysis on V-shaped flight formations of drones. However, the distinct difference between this paper and other experiments is that this paper will utilize a flapping wing motion on the drones, while the other experiments utilized fixed-wing drones. The effects of flapping-wing drones may have a better correlation to the effects experienced on migrating birds when they form V-shaped flights, thus bringing further insight into how aerodynamical effects of V-shaped formation flights aid migrating birds. Furthermore, experimenting with flapping-wing drones in V-shaped flights may also bring insight into increasing the power efficiency of drones.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123633648&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2022-1979
DO - 10.2514/6.2022-1979
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85123633648
SN - 9781624106316
T3 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
Y2 - 3 January 2022 through 7 January 2022
ER -