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Design and Analysis of Morphed Wings

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Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (STAAAR 2022)

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A flying machine either uses a flapping mechanism, a fixed wing or a rotating blade in order to produce lift. While considering fixed wing aircraft or a drone, in order to produce a lift or a decent, the major contributing part is the aileron. An aileron area with respect to the wing is nearly 15%. Rather a discreet movement of aileron, the wing surface can be morphed in order to produce an effect similar to aileron. This research is done to compare and analyze a morphed wing with an aileron-based wing in order to produce the lift and identify maneuvering effects for a drone. Continuous lift force distribution throughout the wing is observed over a range of different wind speeds, and the results are found to be satisfactory.

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  1. Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Abhishek Thakur & Arockia Selvakumar Arockia Doss

  2. Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany

    Daniel Schilberg

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Balaguru Sethuraman

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    Pushpdant Jain

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Thakur, A., Doss, A.S.A., Schilberg, D. (2023). Design and Analysis of Morphed Wings. In: Sethuraman, B., Jain, P., Gupta, M. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. STAAAR 2022. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2349-6_27

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