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JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES
卷 36, 期 -, 页码 149-161出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.07.006
关键词
Insect flight; Forward flight; Fluid-structure interaction; Immersed-boundary method
资金
- NSF [CBET-0954381]
- NNSF of China [10832010]
- CAS [KJCX2-YW-L05]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [954381] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Insect wings usually are flexible and deform significantly under the combined inertial and aerodynamic load. To study the effect of wing flexibility on both lift and thrust production in forward flight, a two-dimensional numerical simulation is employed to compute the fluid-structure interaction of an elastic wing section translating in an inclined stroke plane while pitching around its leading ledge. The effects of the wing stiffness, mass ratio, stroke plane angle, and flight speed are considered. The results show that the passive pitching due to wing deformation can significantly increase thrust while either maintaining lift at the same level or increasing it simultaneously. Another important finding is that even though the wing structure and actuation kinematics are symmetric, chordwise deformation of the wing shows a larger magnitude during upstroke than during downstroke. The asymmetry is more pronounced when the wing has a low mass ratio so that the fluid-induced deformation is significant. Such an aerodynamic cause may serve as an additional mechanism for the asymmetric deformation pattern observed in real insects. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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