In this research, the flow physics and aerodynamic performance of dragonfly cross sections, used in Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), in low Reynolds are investigated. The main objective of the research is to study the performance of dragonfly wing cross-sections flapping motion in Reynolds 5000 and 10,000. Pitching motion is one of the most important mechanisms in force lifting generation, and the effects of Reynolds number and mean angle of attack on aerodynamic coefficients have been extensively investigated for the pitching motion. In the present study, the geometry of two cross sections of dragonfly was extracted. Incompressible, two-dimensional and unsteady Navier–Stokes equations have been used to simulate the flow. k − ɛ RNG model was used for turbulence modeling. To simulate the wing pitching motion, the dynamic mesh method was used. The results showed that in flapping motion, pitching-up rotation has caused a rapid increase in lift coefficient. Furthermore, it was found that the absence of stall does not increase the lift and drag coefficients, while formation of new strong vorticity layers have caused an increase in lift coefficient. On the other hand, corrugations on the cross sections of the dragonfly in the pitching motion cause the delay of separation and increasing the lift coefficient. In flapping motion and the pitching motion, the lift coefficients of three cross sections were increased due to stronger vorticity layers by reducing the Reynolds number. Due to the existence of corrugations, the first and the second cross sections have good aerodynamic performance, compared to the flat plate. The comparison carried out in the current research showed that the second cross section is a proper replacement for the flat plate in MAVs.


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    Titel :

    Investigation of the aerodynamic performance and flow physics on cross sections of Dragonfly wing on flapping and pitching motion in low Reynolds number


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-02-01


    Format / Umfang :

    15 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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