Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Optimization of Harmonically Deforming Thin Airfoils for Mav Design
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The present paper addresses the aeroelastic optimization of a membrane wing. Aerodynamic optimization of a deforming wing has been done in recent work by Walker, Patil, and Canfield. The deformation shapes required for maximum thrust and thrust efficiency were calculated. In the present work, the maximum thrust for the membrane wing is calculated by optimizing the tension in the membrane so that the the aeroelastic deformation due to wing motion will lead to optimal thrust and/or efficiency. A function which describes the variation of spanwise tension along the chord is calculated. It is shown that one can always find a range of membrane tension for which the flexible membrane wings performs better than the rigid wing. These results can be used in preliminary flapping wing MAV design.
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