26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-7.10.3

OPTIMUM AEROELASTIC DESIGN OF A RESONANCE TYPE FLAPPING WING FOR MICRO AIR VEHICLES

K. Isogai, Y. Kamisawa, H. Sato
Nippon Bunri Univ., Japan

Keywords: Aeroelasticiry, Flapping Wing, MAV, Optimization

An optimum aeroelastic design method of a resonance type flapping wing which is suitable for Micro Aerial Vehicles is presented. The method employs Complex Method as the optimization algorithm and a 3D Navier-Stokes code as the aerodynamic tool, being applied to the optimum design of a dragonfly type MAV.

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