LOCAL ANGLE OF ATTACK EXTRACTION METHOD FOR TWIST MORPHING MAV WING

Authors

  • N.I. Ismail Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 13500 Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • A.H. Zulkifli Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 13500 Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • M. Hisyam Basri Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 13500 Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • R.J. Talib Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 13500 Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • Mahadzir M.M Mahadzir M.M Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 13500 Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.5207

Keywords:

Micro air vehicle (MAV), local angle of attack, twist morphing wing.

Abstract

The geometric twist characteristic on twist morphing MAV wing has significant influence on its aerodynamic performances. Higher geometric twist magnitude induces higher lifts and drags generation. However, in order to determine the geometric twist performance, a detail analysis has to be carried out to extract the local angle of attack (AOA) value on each wing cross section. Thus, current works introduces a new method in extracting the local AOA value on a twist morphing MAV wing. The method manipulates the automated coordinate generation produced by Ansys software and combined the generated coordinates with manual determination of local AOA magnitude. Based on the analysis executed on a twist morphing wing sample, 30 local AOA values were obtained from 30 wing cross sections. By using the local AOA value at the root chord and wing tip, the geometric twist magnitude or twist intensity for a twist morphing wing is determined. Based on a selected twist morphing MAV wing sample, the local AOA extraction method able to calculate the wing geometric twist at ϵ = 12.5°.

 

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Published

2015-08-20

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 8: Advances In Aerospace & Automotive

Section

Science and Engineering

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LOCAL ANGLE OF ATTACK EXTRACTION METHOD FOR TWIST MORPHING MAV WING. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 75(8). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.5207