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Article Dans Une Revue EPL - Europhysics Letters Année : 2018

Two modes resonant combined motion for insect wings kinematics reproduction and lift generation

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This paper presents an original concept using a two resonant vibration modes combined motion to reproduce insect wings kinematics and generate lift. The key issue is to design the geometry and the elastic characteristics of artificial wings such that a combination of flapping and twisting motions in a quadrature phase shift could be obtained. This qualitatively implies tobring the frequencies of the two resonant modes closer. For this purpose, a polymeric prototype was micromachined with a wingspan of 3 cm, flexible wings and a single actuator. An optimal wings configuration was determined with a modeling and validated through experimental modal analyses to verify the proximity of the two modes frequencies. A dedicated lift force measurement bench was developed and used to demonstrate a lift force equivalent to the prototype weight. Finally, at the maximum lift frequency, high-speed camera measurements confirmed a kinematics of the flexible wings with flapping and twisting motions in phase quadrature as expected.
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hal-02159456 , version 1 (18-06-2019)

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Damien Faux, Eric Cattan, Olivier Thomas, Sébastien Grondel. Two modes resonant combined motion for insect wings kinematics reproduction and lift generation. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2018, 121 (6), pp.66001. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/121/66001⟩. ⟨hal-02159456⟩
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