Study on Flight Dynamics of Insect

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18100002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Bioinformatics/Life informatics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: KAWACHI Keiji The University of Tokyo, 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (60143400)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUNADA Shigeru 大阪府立大学, 工学系研究科, 准教授 (70343415) ; TOKUTAKE Hiroshi 金沢大学, 工学系研究科, 准教授 (80295716) ; RYU Hiroshi 千葉大学, 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (10342875) ; KANZAKI Ryouhei 東京大学, 先端科学技術センター, 教授 (40221907) ; SHIMOYAMA Isao 東京大学, 大学院・情報理工学系研究科, 教授 (60154332)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2010
• Keywords: システム生物学

Research Abstract

Insect has a reliable and excellent flight control system, which has been selected through the natural selection of three hundred million of years. In this research, this flight control system was investigated from a small cell size to a whole body size. In addition, we made fixed and rotary aircrafts with insect body sizes in order to examine new concepts obtained from this research of insect flight. The research results quantitatively indicated the excellences of the flight control system of the insect. We understood how to be connected neuron networks, how to move flight muscles, wings, and the air around wings, and how to fluctuate the aerodynamic force acting on wings. Finally, we obtained the transfer function of the height control system.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Pitch, roll, and yaw damping of a flapping wing, (2010)
  • Author(s): Sunada, S., Hatayama, Y., Tokutake, H.
  • Journal Title: AIAA Journal Vol.48, No.6 Pages: 1261-1265
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Stability analysis of gliding flight of a swallowtail as an example of a tailless airplane flying at a low Reynolds number (2010)
  • Author(s): Okamoto,M., Sunada, S., Tokutake, H.
  • Journal Title: AIAA Journal Vol.48, No.12 Pages: 2970-2976
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Lifferential pressure measurement using a free-flying insect-like ornithrpter with an MEMS sensor. (2010)
  • Author(s): Takahasi, H., Aoyama, Y., Ohsawa, K., Tanaka, H., Iwase, E., Matsmoto, K., Shimoyama, I.
  • Journal Title: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 5 Pages: 5/2/036005
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Stability analysis of a gliding flight of a swallowtail Papilio xuthus (2009)
  • Author(s): Okamoto, M., Sunada, S., Tokutake, H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of theoretical biology Vol.257 Pages: 191-202
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Integrated modeling of insect flight : from morphology, kinematics to aerodynamics (2009)
  • Author(s): H.Liu
  • Journal Title: Journal of Computational Physics Vol.228(2) Pages: 439-459
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Active controls of free flight maneuvers in a hawkmoth, Agriu convolvuli (2008)
  • Author(s): Wang H., Ando N., Kanzaki R.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology Vol.211 Pages: 423-432
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Near- and far-field aerodynamics in insect hovering flight : an integrated computational study (2007)
  • Author(s): H.Aono, H.Liu
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology (Cover) Vol.211 Pages: 239-257
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fabrication of a three-dimensional insect-wingmodel by micromolding of thermosetting resin with a thin elastic-mold (2007)
  • Author(s): Hiroto Tanaka, Kiyoshi Matusumoto, Isao Shimoyama
  • Journal Title: J.of Micromechianics and Microengineering Vol.17, No.12 Pages: 2485-2490
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Response characteristics of visual altitude control system in Bombus terrestris (2006)
  • Author(s): Tanaka, K., Kawachi, K.
  • Journal Title: J.of Experimental Biology Vol.209 Pages: 4533-4545
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A fluid-structure interaction model of insect flight with flexible wings
  • Author(s): Nakata, T., Liu, H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Computational Physics (印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Flight motor responses to looming visual stimuli in tethered flying bumblebees, Bombus ignites (2010)
  • Author(s): Ando, N., Sano, Y., Andoh, T., Takahashi, H., Knazaki, R.
  • Organizer: 9th International Congress of Neuroethology
  • Place of Presentation: Salamanca, Spain.
  • Year and Date: 20100805-20100807
• [Presentation] Passive unsteady aerodynamic force of a swallowtail butterfly (2009)
  • Author(s): Tanaka, H., Shimoyama, I.
  • Organizer: Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB09)
  • Place of Presentation: Glasgow, UK.
  • Year and Date: 20090628-20090701
• [Presentation] Flight control of an insect (2008)
  • Author(s): Sunada, S.
  • Organizer: The 3rd International conference 'Smart' materials, structures and systems (Invited)
  • Place of Presentation: Sicily, Italy
  • Year and Date: 20080608-20080613
• [Presentation] Vortex dynamics, wake topology and high lift production in insect hovering : an integrated computational study (2008)
  • Author(s): H.Liu, H.Aono
  • Organizer: Proceedings of Biological Approaches for Engineering, (Invited)
  • Place of Presentation: Southampton, UK
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-17
• [Presentation] 昆虫の飛行制御 (2006)
  • Author(s): 河内啓二
  • Organizer: 日本航空宇宙学会飛行機シンポジウム(招待)
  • Place of Presentation: 大宮
  • Year and Date: 2006-10-18
• [Book] Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, Vol.7(Developments of Centimeter-sized Aircraft)Chapter 355 (2010)
  • Author(s): Sunada, S., Tokutake, H.
  • Publisher: (分担執筆)
• [Remarks] ホームページ等
  • URL: http://www.kawachi.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.brain.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 2重反転回転翼機 (2006)
  • Inventor(s): 砂田茂、得竹浩
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 大阪府立大学
  • Industrial Property Number: 特許,2006-279062～4
  • Filing Date: 2006-10-12