[en] Increase of quest for development of efficient and high quality Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) has encouraged engineers to seek new ideas and applications using smart materials. Biomimetic mechanisms have been proposed as solutions for increasing the efficiency of MAVs. In this paper an experimental study is performed on a bio-inspired tail, developed at the Advanced Dynamic & Control Systems Laboratory (ADCSL), University of Tehran and a PID controller is implemented on this tail. Results show that the implemented controller has successfully rejected disturbances in reference tracking using an acceptable level of energy for the control system.
Disciplines :
Mechanical engineering
Author, co-author :
Rappel, Hussein ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit
Yousefi-Koma, Aghil; Center of Advanced Systems and Technologies (CAST) School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran
Baseri, Hamid; Center of Advanced Systems and Technologies (CAST) School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran
Language :
English
Title :
Shape control of Bio-inspired tail by shape memory alloy actuator: an experimental study
Publication date :
18 February 2014
Event name :
The Bi-Annual International Conference on Experimental Solid Mechanics-X-Mech
