Numerical simulation of flapping wings using a panel method and a high-order Navier-Stokes solver

DOI10.1002/nme.3288zbMath1242.76378MaRDI QIDQ2894955

David J. Willis, Per-Olof Persson, Jaime Peraire

Publication date: 2 July 2012

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.3288

zbMATH Keywords

panel method; discontinuous Galerkin; Eulerian; Stokes; flapping flight; Navier; arbitrary Lagrangian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C10: Biomechanics

76M10: Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76Z10: Biopropulsion in water and in air

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Uses Software

• DistMesh

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