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

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.12.004zbMath1390.76959OpenAlexW2773675989MaRDI 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 flightcomputational fluid dynamics (CFD)flight controlflapping wingssix-degree of freedom (6-DoF)rectilinear flight

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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