Design and Analysis of Ornithopter

This project will present the design of a Flapping wing UAV which is inspired by various bird mechanisms and its action during flight. In this project, the real actions will be tried to convert into a perfect mechanism to get a stable flight maneuvering. The design will be made CATIA V5 with all the parameters according to the bird selected. And then the hexahedral mesh analysis had done and with the help of ANSYS- Fluent we had done CFD Analysis at a different angle of attack. To understand the working principle of ornithopters, various surveys were made on the natural flyers with flapping wings and their ability to produce lift and thrust. The crank mechanism is chosen to make the micro air vehicle (MAV) for spy work without being identified. This mechanism is one of the most complex ones, as its flow condition changes along with its wing motion. The mechanism is analyzed at two different speeds: 3 & 6 m/s. To analyze the aerodynamic characteristics, the lift and drag forces are measured at a different angle of attack using ANSYS software. The results are compared at various times with different working conditions to get the most suitable and reliable conditions. So copying from the flying behavior of it is possible to gain all the abilities like the bird. And then after the analysis, we can able to analyze the lift & drag forces over the wings.