Simulating moth wing aerodynamics - Towards the development of flapping-wing technology

DOI10.2514/3.13239zbMath0904.76066OpenAlexW2050193860MaRDI QIDQ4395921

Michael J. C. Smith

Publication date: 26 January 1999

Published in: AIAA Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2514/3.13239

zbMATH Keywords

finite element modellarge-scale vorticesalternative flight technologytethered moth's flapping wingsunsteady aerodynamic panel method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Incompressible viscous fluids (76D99) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25)

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