The separation vortex in the Weis-Fogh circulation-generation mechanism

DOI10.1017/S0022112082002857zbMath0521.76130OpenAlexW2078354193MaRDI QIDQ3670855

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Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112082002857

zbMATH Keywords

insect hoveringinfluence of leading-edge separation vortices on lift generation mechanism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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The Lighthill–Weis-Fogh clap–fling–sweep mechanism revisited ⋮ Streaming vorticity flux from oscillating walls with finite amplitude ⋮ A two-dimensional aerodynamic model of freely flying insects ⋮ The spreading phase in Lighthill's model of the Weis-Fogh lift mechanism ⋮ Aerodynamic characteristics of hoverflies during hovering flight ⋮ Numerical simulation of insect flight ⋮ A paradox of hovering insects in two-dimensional space ⋮ Similarity solutions for unsteady stagnation point flow

Cites Work

• Discretization of a vortex sheet with an example of roll-up
• On the Weis-Fogh mechanism of lift generation
• Diffraction of a weak shock with vortex generation
• An inviscid model of two-dimensional vortex shedding for transient and asymptotically steady separated flow over an inclined plate
• A new approach to roll-up calculations of vortex sheets
• Viscous and resistive eddies near a sharp corner

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