Flapping wing aerodynamics - Progress and challenges

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 6051-6069

  Platzer, Max F ^a,c,d   Jones, Kevin D ^b,c,d  

^a AeroHydro Research and Technology Associates   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mail Code ME/Jo ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING WING AERODYNAMICS; FLAPPING-WING CONFIGURATIONS;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISCOUS FLOW; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250747290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (56)

1. Rozhdestvensky, K.V. and Ryzhov, V.A., "Aerohydrodynamics of Flapping-wing Propulsons," Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 39, 2003, pp. 585-633
2. Taylor, G.K., Nudds, R.L., Thomas, A.L.R., "Flying and Swimming Animals Cruise at a Strouhal Number Tuned for High Power Efficiency," Nature, Vol. 425, October 2003, pp. 707-711
3. Knoller, R.,"Die Gesetze des Luftwiderstandes." Flug- und Motortechnik (Wien), Vol. 3, No. 21, 1909, pp. 1-7
4. Betz, A, "Ein Beitrag zur Erklaerung des Segelfluges." Zeitschrift fuer Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt, Vol. 3, 1912, pp. 269-272
5. Katzmayr, R., "Effect of Periodic Changes of Angle of Attack on Behavior of Airfoils," NACA TM 147, Oct. 1922
6. Birnbaum, W., "Das ebene Problem des schlagenden Fluegels," Zeitschrift fuer angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 4, No. 4, August 1924, pp. 277-292
7. von Kármán, T. and Burgers, J.M., "General Aerodynamic Theory - Perfect Fluids." Aerodynamic Theory, Vol. II, edited by W.F. Durand, Julius Springer, Berlin, p. 308, 1934
8. Theodorsen, T., "General Theory of Aerodynamic Instability and the Mechanism of Flutter," NACA Report No. 496, 1935.
9. Garrick, I.E., "Propulsion of a Flapping and Oscillating Airfoil," NACA Report 567, 1936
10. Teng, N.H., "The Development of a Computer Code for the Numerical Solution of Unsteady Inviscid and Incompressible Flow over an Airfoil," M.S. Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, June 1987
11. "Young, J., "Numerical Simulation of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Flapping Airfoils," PhD Thesis, Australian Defence Force Academy, May 2005
12. Koochesfahani, M.M., "Vortical Patterns in the Wake of an Oscillating Airfoil," AIM Journal, Vol. 27, No. 9, 1989, pp. 1200-1205
13. Anderson, J.M., Streitlin, K., Barrett, D.S., Triantafyllou, M.S., "Oscillating Foils of High Propulsive Efficiency," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vo. 360, 1998, pp. 41-72
14. Young, J. and Lai, J.C.S., "Oscillation Frequency and Amplitude Effects on the Wake of a Plunging Airfoil," AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 10, 2004, pp. 2042-2052
15. Lai, J.C.S. and Platzer, M.F., "Jet Characteristics of a Plunging Airfoil," AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 12, 1999, pp. 1529-1537
16. Tuncer, I.H., Walz, R., Platzer, M.F., "A Computational Study of the Dynamic Stall of a Flapping Airfoil," AIAA Paper No. 98-2519, June 1998
17. Isogai, K., Shinmoto, Y., Watanabe, Y., "Effects of Dynamic Stall on Propulsive Efficiency and Thrust of Flapping Airfoil.'AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 10, October 1999, pp. 1145-1151
18. Ramamurti, R. and Sandberg, W., "Simulation of Flow about Flapping Airfoils Using Finite Element Incompressible Flow Solver,'AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2, February 2001, pp. 253-260
19. Tuncer, I.H. and Platzer, M.F., "Computational Study of Flapping Airfoil Aerodynamics," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 37, No. 3, May-June 2000, pp. 514-520
20. Guglielmini, L. and Blondeaux, P., "Propulsive Efficiency of Oscillating Foils," European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids 23, 2004, pp. 255-278
21. Tuncer, I.H. and Kaya, M., "Thrust Generation due to Flapping Airfoils in a Biplane Configuration," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 40, No. 3, May-June 2003, pp. 509-515
22. Heathcote, S. and Gursul, I., "Flexible Flapping Airfoil Propulsion at Low Reynolds Numbers," AIAA Paper No. 2005-1405, January 2005
23. Neef, M.F. and Hummel, D., "Euler Solutions for a Finite-Span Flapping Wing," Chapter 19 in Volume 195, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 2001, pp. 429-451
24. Hall, K.C. and Hall, S.R., "A Rational Engineering Analysis of the Efficiency of Flapping Flight," Chapter 13 in Volume 195, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 2001, pp. 249-274
25. Ellington, C.P. and Usherwood, J.R., "Lift and Drag Characteristics of Rotary and Flapping Wings," Chapter 12 in Volume 195, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 2001, pp. 231-248
26. Dickinson, M.H. and Goetz, K.G., "Unsteady Aerodynamic Performance of Model Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers," J. exp. Biol, Vol. 174, 1993 pp. 45-64
27. Dickinson, M.H., "The effects of Wing rotation on Unsteady Aerodynamic Performance at Low Reynolds Numbers," J, exp. Biol., Vol. 192, 1994, pp. 179-206
28. Sane, S.P. and Dickinson, M.H., "The Control of Flight Force by a Flapping Wing: Lift and Drag Production," Journal of Experimental Biology, 204, 2001, pp. 2607-2626
29. Zbikowski, R., "On Aerodynamic Modelling of an Insect-like Flapping Wing in Hover for Micro Air Vehicles," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 360, 2002, pp. 273-290
30. Ansari, S. A., A Nonlinear, "Unsteady, Aerodynamic Model for Insect-like Flapping Wings in the Hover with Micro Air Vehicle Applications," Ph.D. Thesis, Cranfield University (RMCS Shrivenham), September 2004
31. Kurtulus, D.F., Farcy, A., Alemdaroglu, N., "Unsteady Aerodynamics of Flapping Airfoil in Hovering Flight at Low Reynolds Numbers," AIAA 2005-1356, January 2005
32. Liu, H., Ellington, C.P., Kawachi, K., Van Den Berg, C., Willmott, A.P., "A Computational Fluid Dynamic Study of Hawk-Moth Hovering," J. Exp. Biol., 201, 1998, pp. 461-477
33. Liu, H. and Kawachi, K., "Leading-Edge Vortices of Flapping and Rotary Wings at Low Reynolds Number," Chapter 14 in Volume 195, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 2001, pp. 275-285
34. Liu, H., "Computational Biological Fluid Dynamics: Digitizing and Visualizing Animal Swimming and Flying," Integr. Comp. Biol., 42, 2002, pp. 1050-1059
35. Ramamurti, R. and Sandberg, W.C., "Computational Study of 3-D Flapping Foil Flows," AIAA Paper No. 2001-0605, January 2001
36. Dickinson, M.H., Lehmann, F.O., Sane, S., "Wing Rotation and the Aerodynamic Basis of Insect Flight," Science, Vol.284, 1999, pp. 1984-1960
37. Wootton, R.J. and Kukalova-Peck, J., "Flight Adaptations in Palaeozoic Palaeoptera," Biol. Rev., Vol. 75, 2000, pp. 129-167
38. Bosch, H., "Interfering Airfoils in Two-Dimensional Unsteady Incompressible Flow," AGARD-CP-277, Paper No. 7, September 1977
39. Schmidt, W., "Der Wellpropeller, ein neuer Antrieb fuer Wasser-, Land-, und Luftfahrzeuge," Z. f. Flugwissenschaften, Vol. 13, 1965, pp. 427-479
40. Platzer, M.F, Neace, K.S., Pang, K.C., "Aerodynamic Analysis of Flapping Wing Propulsion," AIAA Paper No. 93-0484, January 1993
41. Tuncer, I.H. and Platzer, M.F., "Thrust Generation due to Airfoil Flapping," AIM Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, February 1996, pp. 324-331
42. Jones, K.D. and Platzer, M.F., "Time-Domain Analysis of Low-Speed Airfoil Flutter," AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 5, May 1996, pp. 1027-1033
43. Zhu, Q., Wolfgang, M.J., Yue, D.K. P., Triantafyllou, M.S., "Three-Dimensional Flow Structures and Vorticity Control in Fish-like Swimming," J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 468, 2002, pp. 1-28
44. Jones, K.D., Castro, B.M., Mahmoud, O., Platzer, M.F.,"A Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Flapping-Wing Propulsion in Ground Effect," AIAA Paper No. 2002-0866, January 2002
45. Jones, K.D., Lund, T.C., Platzer, M.F., "Experimental and Computational Investigation of Flapping Wing Propulsion for Micro Air Vehicles," Chapter 16 in Volume 195, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001, pp. 307-339
46. Tuncer, I.H. and Kaya, M.,"Optimization of Flapping Airfoils for Maximum Thrust and Propulsive Efficiency," AIAA Journal, Vol. 43, No. 11, November 2005, pp. 2329-2336
47. Jones, K.D., Bradshaw, C.J., Papadopoulos, J., Platzer, M.F., "Bio-Inspired Design of Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicles, ", The Aeronautical Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Vol. 109, No. 1098, August 2005, pp. 385-393
48. Norberg, R.A., "Hovering Flight of the Dragonfly Aeschna Juncea: Kinematics and Aerodynamics," in Swimming and Flying in Nature, Plenum Press, New York 1975
49. Saharon, D. and Luttges, M., "Three-Dimensional Flow Produced by a Pitching-Plunging Model Dragonfly Wing," AIAA Paper No. 87-0121, January 1987
50. Saharon, D. and Luttges, M., "Visualization of Unsteady Separated Flow Produced by Mechanically Driven Dragonfly Wing Kinematics Model," AIAA Paper No. 88-0569, January 1988
51. Saharon, D. and Luttges, M., "Dragonfly Unsteady Aerodynamic: The Role of the Wing Phase Relations in Controlling the Produced Flows," AIAA Paper No. 89-0832, January 1989
52. Isogai, K. and Shinmoto, Y., "Study on Aerodynamic Mechanism of Hovering Insects," AIAA Paper 2001-2470, June 2001
53. nd Int. Symp. Aqua-Bio-Mechanisms, Tokai Univ., Honolulu, Hawaii, September 2004
54. Isogai, K., Fujishoro, S., Saitoh, T., Yamamoto, M., Yamasaki, M., Matsubara, M., "Unsteady Three-Dimensional Viscous Flow Simulation of a Dragonfly Hovering," AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 10, October 2004, pp. 2053-2059
55. Kornbluh, R. D., Low, T. P., Stanford, S. E., Vinande, E., Bonwit, N., Holeman, D., DeLaurier, J. D., Loewen, D., Zdunich, P., MacMaster, M. and Bilyk, D. "Flapping-wing Propulsion Using Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle Actuators, Phase 2: Radio-controlled Flapping-wing Testbed," SRI International Report ITAD-3470-FR-03-009, 2002
56. Ramamurti, R., Sandberg, W., Valana, P., Kellogg, J., Cylinder, D., "Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Unconventional Air Vehicle Configurations," The Aeronautical Journal, July 2005, pp. 337-347