FLIGHT SIMULATIONS OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLAPPING WING BY THE IB-LBM

Yusuke Kimura, Kosuke Suzuki and Takaji Inamuro ()
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Yusuke Kimura: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan
Kosuke Suzuki: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan
Takaji Inamuro: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan;

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2014, vol. 25, issue 01, 1-8

Abstract: The stability of flight by flapping wings is investigated by using the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM). First, the rotational motion with an initial small disturbance is computed, and it is found that the rotational motion is unstable for high Reynolds numbers. Second, we show simple ways to control the rotational and translational motion by bending or flapping the tip of the wing.

Keywords: Flapping wing; lattice Boltzmann method; immersed boundary method; 47.11.Qr; 47.32.Ff; 47.63.M- (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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