Numerical Analysis of the Ground Effect on Insect Hovering* * Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10332040), the Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University.

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  GAO, Tong ^a   LIU, Nan sheng ^a   LU, Xi yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

ground effect; immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method; insect hovering; unsteady forces; vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; GROUND EFFECT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

IMMERSED BOUNDARY LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHODS; INSECT HOVERING; UNSTEADY FORCES; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 40149088941     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60022-0     Document Type: Article

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