A numerical study on the free hovering flight of a model insect at low Reynolds number

DOI10.1016/J.COMPFLUID.2014.07.030zbMath1391.76910OpenAlexW2015377957MaRDI QIDQ1641602

Y. Aharonov

Publication date: 19 June 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.07.030

zbMATH Keywords

fruit flycomputational fluid dynamics (CFD)flapping wingsfluid structure interaction (FSI)flight stability and controlfree hovering flightgeneralized finite-difference method (GFD)insect aerodynamicsleading edge vortex (LEV)Navier-Stokes equations (N-S)pendulum principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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