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PHYSICS OF FLUIDS
卷 21, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3177356
关键词
aerodynamics; aerospace components; external flows; flexible structures; propulsion; resonance; shear modulus; vortices; wakes
资金
- Human Frontier Science Program Research [RGY 0073/2005]
The influence of the bending rigidity of a flexible heaving wing on its propulsive performance in a two-dimensional imposed parallel flow is investigated in the inviscid limit. Potential flow theory is used to describe the flow over the flapping wing. The vortical wake of the wing is accounted for by the shedding of point vortices with unsteady intensity from the wing's trailing edge. The trailing-edge flapping amplitude is shown to be maximal for a discrete set of values of the rigidity, at which a resonance occurs between the forcing frequency and a natural frequency of the system. A quantitative comparison of the position of these resonances with linear stability analysis results is presented. Such resonances induce maximum values of the mean developed thrust and power input. The flapping efficiency is also shown to be greatly enhanced by flexibility.
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