Kazuaki Katagiri, Choong Sik Park, Sonomi Kawakita, Masato Tamayama, Shinya Honda, Katsuhiko Sasaki
AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024 2024年
Seeing a large bird that slowly and gracefully soars high in the sky, it is found that the flight is controlled by slightly twisting the entire wing. Although unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for long-range flight require elongated wings with a high aspect ratio, it is assumed that the morphing wing that can twist the entire wing would be preferable to actuating ailerons. Previously, the authors have developed the twist morphing wing for the UAVs. The CFRP skeletal structure for the morphing was optimally designed, and manufactured by applying the electrodeposition resin impregnation method that was originally developed. Further, aerodynamic properties of the morphing wing were confirmed by wind tunnel test, and the first flight test was conducted. Currently, the development of the third prototype is planned to improve the morphing wing. The morphing wing is going to be more flexible, therefore, it is important to accurately measure the deformation. In this study, the deformation measurement system for the skeletal structure of the morphing wing was developed by using the stereo vision. As a result, the greatly morphed geometries could be measured under the bending and torsion loads. Additionally, tracking the measured points on the twist morphing wing, it was found that the displacement of the members that composes the skeletal structure could be estimated.