Unsteady aerodynamics of micro drones for Offshore Wind Farm Monitoring
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Unsteady aerodynamics of micro drones for Offshore Wind Farm Monitoring
CoPED ID
978012c6-f093-4e82-8d2e-cc0e28265e49
Status
Active
Value
No funds listed.
Start Date
Sept. 30, 2020
End Date
Sept. 29, 2024
Description
The aim of the project is to investigate, through bio-inspired fundamental research, a mechanism to exploit wind gusts to keep small flyers afloat. Recent work led by Viola and published in Nature (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0604-2), reveals that the dandelion exploits a highly porous wing to form a fluid vortex, which has never been observed before, and that slows down its descent velocity. It also re-vealed that the dandelion exploits wind gusts to gain altitude and slow down its de-scent. Computational fluid dynamics simulations will be undertaken to study the underlying principles of this uplifting mechanism and to underpin the design of a dandelion-inspired drone: the dandidrone.
| University of Edinburgh | LEAD_ORG |
| Ignazio Maria Viola | SUPER_PER |
| Callum Bruce | STUDENT_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Simulation
- Mechanics
Extracted key phrases
- Offshore Wind Farm Monitoring
- Unsteady aerodynamic
- Micro drone
- Computational fluid dynamic simulation
- Wind gust
- Uplifting mechanism
- Dandelion
- Aim
- Fluid vortex
- Fundamental research
- Project
- Porous wing
- Small flyer