Forward flight of a model butterfly: simulation by equations of motion coupled with the Navier-Stokes equations

DOI10.1007/s10409-012-0209-1zbMath1345.76129OpenAlexW2080251336MaRDI QIDQ315424

Mao Sun, Hua Huang

Publication date: 21 September 2016

Published in: Acta Mechanica Sinica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-012-0209-1

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsunsteady aerodynamicsbutterflyequations of motionforward flight

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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