Design and performance of micromolded plastic butterfly wings on butterfly ornithopter
Design and performance of micromolded plastic butterfly wings on butterfly ornithopter
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DOI：
10.1109/iros.2008.4651065
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2008-10
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通讯作者：
Hiroto Tanaka;Kiyoshi Matsumoto;I. Shimoyama
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作者：
Hiroto Tanaka;Kiyoshi Matsumoto;I. Shimoyama
为了研究真实蝴蝶翅膀的形态功能，制作了三种不同形状的人工蝴蝶翅膀。它们由薄聚合物膜和微模塑聚氨酯静脉组成。其中一种的平面形状和脉序与燕尾蝶相同，另两种则不同。利用一架扑翼飞机和三种不同类型的机翼，研究了翼片刚度分布对自由前飞飞行特性的影响。总体空气动力系数最高的翅膀与静脉相同的燕尾蝶，表明静脉使缓慢向前飞行。
Three types of artificial butterfly wings were fabricated for investigating the morphological function of actual butterfly wings. They consist of a thin polymer membrane and micromolded polyurethane veins. The planar shape and venation of one type were the same as those of a swallowtail butterfly, and those of the other two were different. The effect of the distribution of stiffness over the wings by the veins on flight characteristics during free forward flight was investigated using an ornithopter and the three different types of wing. The overall aerodynamic coefficients were the highest for the wings with veins the same as those of a swallowtail butterfly, indicating that the veins enable slow forward flight.