Structural Analysis of a Dragonfly Wing [PDF]
, 2010 Dragonfly wings are highly corrugated, which increases the stiffness and strength of the wing significantly, and results in a lightweight structure with good aerodynamic performance.
Jongerius, S.R., Lentink, D.
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Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2018 The biplane counter-flapping wing is a special type of wing flapping which is inspired from the fish and insect in nature. The propulsive performance is one of the most important considerations for this kind of flapping wing.
Jianyang Zhu, Bin Lei
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AIP Advances, 2020 In the present study, a bionic flapping mechanism of a spatial six-bar configuration was designed to transform a single rotation of a motor into a three degrees of freedom “flapping–twist–swing” cooperative motion of a flapping wing. The kinematics model
Bing Ji +8 more
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Simulation of incompressible viscous flows around moving objects by a variant of immersed boundary-Lattice Boltzmann method [PDF]
, 2009 A variant of immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) is presented in this paper to simulate incompressible viscous flows around moving objects.
Anderson +42 more
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Modeling and emergence of flapping flight of butterfly based on experimental measurements [PDF]
, 2012 The objective of this paper is to clarify the principle of stabilization in flapping-of-wing flight of a butterfly, which is a rhythmic and cyclic motion.
Hirai, Norio +6 more
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Reduced-order modeling of unsteady aerodynamics of a flapping wing based on the Volterra theory
Results in Physics, 2017 Flapping flight mechanisms offers a power-efficient and highly manoeuvrable basis for the development of micro air vehicles. The aerodynamic knowledge and prediction tools of the flapping wing are quite important for the design of micro air vehicles.
Kai Liu, Daochun Li, Jinwu Xiang
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Design and analysis of an innovative flapping wing micro aerial vehicle with a figure eight wingtip trajectory [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2021 A multi-mode flapping wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) that uses a figure eight wingtip motion trajectory with wing flapping, rotation, and swing motion is presented in this paper.
S. Jiang +6 more
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Kinematic Optimization of a Flexible Wing Undergoing Flapping and Pitching
Shock and Vibration, 2021 In recent years, there has been widespread interest in the design of microair vehicles (MAVs) for flapping flight with high-aspect ratio wings due to their high efficiency and energy savings.
Yue Wu +3 more
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Research on the Flight Performance of Biomimetic Moth Based on Flapping Function Control
Applied SciencesFlapping flight is an important mode of insect flight, and its unique flapping motion pattern enables it to fly efficiently in complex environments. This paper takes a biomimetic moth flapping-wing aircraft as the research object and proposes a periodic ...
Yaxin Liu +4 more
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Delaunay graph mapping based mesh deformation for simulation of a spanwise rigid and flexible flapping NACA0012 wing using DES with parallel implementation [PDF]
, 2011 A flapping NACA0012 wing with spanwise rigid and flexible configurations is simulated using the Delaunay graph mapping based mesh deformation technique. This mesh deformation scheme is quite efficient and gives a good alternate to the spring analogy due ...
Bratt J.B. +13 more
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