Longitudinal free flight of a model insect flyer at low Reynolds number

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.12.004zbMath1390.76959MaRDI QIDQ1645444

Y. Aharonov

Publication date: 28 June 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.12.004

zbMATH Keywords

insect flight; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); flight control; flapping wings; six-degree of freedom (6-DoF); rectilinear flight

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D05: Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids

74F10: Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.)

76Z10: Biopropulsion in water and in air