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A study of flow arising from insect wing flapping motion
Author(s) -
Szmelter J.,
Żbikowski R.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.314
Subject(s) - flapping , aerodynamics , wing , aerospace engineering , insect flight , flow (mathematics) , computational fluid dynamics , motion (physics) , physics , engineering , mechanics , computer science , classical mechanics
We have modelled the aerodynamics of the flapping insect wing to provide insight into the aerodynamics of flapping wing micro air vehicles. The complexities of the physics of the flow have been highlighted and methodologies which could be used to explore it have been defined. Initial solutions have been obtained which qualitatively agree with experiments. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.