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Students | Flapping Flight
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Luke is using surrogate modeling to find flapping patterns that produce maximum lift and thrust. This approach will reduce the expense of testing with physical hardware. Using particle image velocimetry (PIV), Steve is studying the lift-generating structures created by a flapping-wing mechanism in a water tunnel. His research hopes to quantify the accuracy of PIV lift predictions and to explore the effects of wing rigidity on the performance of a flapping wing. ME News / Videos.
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Publications | Flapping Flight
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Thomson, S.L., Mattson, C.A., Colton, M.B., Harston, S.P., Carlson, D.C., Cutler, M.,. Experiment-Based Optimization of Flapping Wing Kinematics. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2009. [Click here for PDF]. George, R.B., Thomson, S.L., High-Speed, Three-Dimensional Quantification of Ladybug Flapping Wing Kinematics During Takeoff. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2010. [Click here for PDF]. Thomson, S.L.,. Shape Optimization and Fluid Dynamic Analysis of a Translating Flexible Body. ME News / Videos.
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Flapping Mechanism Design Completed and Manufacturing is Underway | Flapping Flight
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Flapping Mechanism Design Completed and Manufacturing is Underway. Flapping Mechanism Design Completed and Manufacturing is Underway. After eight months of brainstorming and analysis, the details of the final design for a new flapping flight mechanism have all been decided. The new design is necessary for upcoming experiments to optimize wing paths of ladybugs. The design also incorporates the scope of further flapping flight projects, and was designed specifically to be versatile for years to come.
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Water Tunnel is Used to Study Flapping Flight | Flapping Flight
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Water Tunnel is Used to Study Flapping Flight. Water Tunnel is Used to Study Flapping Flight. With the approaching completion of the latest flapping mechanism, Steve Naegle is focusing his efforts on preparing for flapping experiments. The flapping mechanism will be studied underwater so that the wings can be flapped more slowly than in air. Experimentation will begin in the water tunnel when the manufacturing of the mechanism is completed. ME News / Videos.
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Videos | Flapping Flight
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Video of ladybug during takeoff. 3,000 fps. 6,000 s -1 shutter. F/11. BYU's flapping wing mechanism demonstration. This mechanism uses 5 terms of a Fourier series expansion for each degree of freedom. A quintic polynomial drives the mechanism from rest to its starting kinematic position at the beginning and end of each flapping sequence. Department of Mechanical Engineering, BYU, Provo, UT 84602 - (801)422-2625. ME News / Videos.
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Faculty | Flapping Flight
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Dr Scott L. Thomson. Prof Mattson has served as a member of the AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) Technical Committee (TC) since 2003, and currently serves as Education Sub-Committee Chairman for the TC. He was the Associate General Chair of the 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference and has served on the organizing committee for various conferences. Department of Mechanical Engineering, BYU, Provo, UT 84602 - (801)422-2625. ME News / Videos.
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