The effect of wing deformation on unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms in hovering flapping flight

The effect of wing deformation on unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms in hovering flapping flight: Numerical study using a three-dimensional immersed boundary method

Noyon, Tijs (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)

Bijl, Hester (mentor)
van Oudheusden, Bas (mentor)
Tay, Weebeng (mentor)
de Wagter, Christophe (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Aerospace Engineering | Aerodynamics and Wind Energy

2014-03-17

This study investigated the effect of chord deformation on the unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms found in hovering flapping flight at a Reynolds number of Re = 2002. This was done in order to get a better understanding of the physics involved in flapping flight, which in turn could lead to improved Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) designs. A three-dimensional numerical study was performed using an immersed boundary method (IBM) with the discrete forcing approach. The solver was first validated against an experiment by Kim and Gharib (2011).

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Student theses

master thesis

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