Unsteady aerodynamic model of flexible flapping wing

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Si
dc.contributor.authorLi, Hao
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Shijun
dc.contributor.authorTong, Mingbo
dc.contributor.authorJi, Bing
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-21T08:07:19Z
dc.date.available2018-08-21T08:07:19Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-17
dc.description.abstractBio-inspired flapping wing has potential application to micro air vehicles (MAV). Due to the nature of lightweight and flexibility of micro flapping wing structures, elastic deformation as a result of aeroelastic coupling is inevitable in flapping motion. This effect can be significant and beneficial to the aerodynamic performance as revealed in the present investigation for a flexible flapping wing of variable camber versus a rigid one. Firstly a two dimensional (2D) unsteady aerodynamic model (UAM) based on potential flow theory has been extended from previous study. Both leading and trailing edge discrete vortices are included in the model with unsteady Kutta condition satisfied to fully characterize the unsteady flow around a flapping wing. A wall function is created to modify the induced velocity of the vortices in the UAM to solve the vortices penetration problem. The modified UAM is then validated by comparing with CFD results of a typical insect-like flapping motion from previous research. Secondly the UAM is further extended for a flexible flapping wing of camber variation. Comparing with a rigid wing in a prescribed plunging and pitching motion, the results show lift increase with positive camber in upstroke by mitigating negative lift. The results also agree well with CFD simulation. Thirdly the 2D UAM is extended to calculate the aerodynamic forces of a 3D wing with camber variation, and validated by CFD results. Finally the model is applied to aerodynamic analysis of a 3D flexible flapping wing with aeroelastic coupling effect. Significant increase of lift coefficient can be achieved for a flexible flapping wing of positive camber and twist in upstroke produced by the structure elastic deformation.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSi Chen, Hao Li, Shijun Guo, et al., (2018) Unsteady aerodynamic model of flexible flapping wing. Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 80, September 2018, pp. 354-367en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1270-9638
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2018.07.017
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13415
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectUnsteady aerodynamic modelen_UK
dc.subjectFlapping wingen_UK
dc.subjectVariable camberen_UK
dc.subjectAeroelastic couplingen_UK
dc.titleUnsteady aerodynamic model of flexible flapping wingen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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