Force production and asymmetric deformation of a flexible flapping wing in forward flight

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-161

  Tian, Fang Bao ^a   Luo, Haoxiang ^a   Song, Jialei ^a   Lu, Xi Yun ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fluid structure interaction; Forward flight; Immersed boundary method; Insect flight

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION PATTERN; DOWNSTROKES; ELASTIC WING; FLAPPING WING; FLIGHT SPEED; FORWARD FLIGHT; IMMERSED-BOUNDARY METHOD; INSECT FLIGHT; INSECT WINGS; LOW MASS; MASS RATIO; PASSIVE PITCHING; PLANE ANGLES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; WING DEFORMATION; WING FLEXIBILITY; WING STIFFNESS; WING STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LIFT;

FLEXIBLE WINGS;

EID: 84872375639     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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