Ebook: Modern flexible multi-body dynamics modeling methodology for flapping wing vehicles

Front Cover; MODERN FLEXIBLE MULTI-BODY DYNAMICS MODELING METHODOLOGY FOR FLAPPING WING VEHICLES; MODERN FLEXIBLE MULTI-BODY DYNAMICS MODELING METHODOLOGY FOR FLAPPING WING VEHICLES ; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF NOMENCLATURE; ROMAN SYMBOLS; CAPITAL ROMAN SYMBOLS; GREEK SYMBOLS; SUPERSCRIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTS; ACRONYMS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SUMMARY; One -- Bioinspired Flight Robotics Systems; 1.1 INTRODUCTION OF THIS BODY OF WORK; 1.2 THE BACKGROUND OF FLAPPING WING FLIGHT TECHNOLOGY; 1.2.1 Aerial Vehicles and Natural Flapping Wing Flyers.;Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles presents research on the implementation of a flexible multi-body dynamic representation of a flapping wing ornithopter that considers aero-elasticity. This effort brings advances in the understanding of flapping wing flight physics and dynamics that ultimately leads to an improvement in the performance of such flight vehicles, thus reaching their high performance potential. In using this model, it is necessary to reduce body accelerations and forces of an ornithopter vehicle, as well as to improve the aerodynamic performance and enhance flight kinematics and forces which are the design optimization objectives. This book is a useful reference for postgraduates in mechanical engineering and related areas, as well as researchers in the field of multibody dynamics.