Zongxia Jiao

Modeling the Bio-Inspired Wing-Tail Interaction Mechanism and Applying It in Flapping Wing Aircraft Pitch Control

Birds produce tail control torques to maintain their attitude by unfolding their tails in the wing induced flow at hover. This mechanism is termed as wing-tail interaction. This study aims to apply this mechanism to the pitch control of a flapping wing aircraft. Momentum theory is adapted to analyti