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Design and Fabrication of a Piezo Actuated Flapping Mechanism for a Micro Aerial Vehicle

Nandujith P.J, Vasantha Kumari K.G, Sushanth S., Blesson K, M.S. Prasad, N. Raghu

Abstract


The main purpose of this work was to spear head research and development in Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) especially in the development small flapping wing systems which can greatly be used for defense as well as surveillance purposes. This project focused on the development of a flapping wing mechanism with a wing span of just 3 cm using a piezoelectric bimorph actuator.

Keywords: Micro Aerial Vehicles, MAV, Piezoelectric, Bimorph, Actuator, Flapping wing system

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Nandujith P.J., Vasantha Kumari K.G., Sushanth S., Blesson K., M.S. Prasad N. Raghu.Design and Fabrication of a Piezo Actuated Flapping Mechanism for a Micro Aerial Vehicle. Journal of Aerospace Engineering and Technology. 2017; 7(1): 28–33p.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/.v7i1.461

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