An extended unsteady vortex-lattice method is developed to study the aerodynamics of insect flapping wings while hovering and during forward flight. Leading-edge suction analogy and vortex-core growth models are used as an extension, which is incorporated into a conventional unsteady vortex-lattice method in an effort to overcome the challenges that arise when simulating insect aerodynamics such as wing–wake interaction and leading-edge effects. A convergence analysis was carried out to derive an optimal aerodynamic mesh and a time-step size for flapping-wing models. A parallel computing technique was used to reduce computational time. The aerodynamics of hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) wing models was simulated, and the results were validated against previous numerical and experimental data.
Extended Unsteady Vortex-Lattice Method for Insect Flapping Wings
Journal of aircraft ; 53 , 6
2016
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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