Vorticity generation during the clap-fling-sweep of some hovering insects

DOI10.1007/s00162-009-0137-2zbMath1191.76111OpenAlexW2106036764MaRDI QIDQ983578

Marie Farge, Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Kai Schneider, Henry Keith Moffatt

Publication date: 24 July 2010

Published in: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-009-0137-2

zbMATH Keywords

insect flightvortex flowsLighthill-Weis-Fogh mechanismvolume penalization method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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The Lighthill–Weis-Fogh clap–fling–sweep mechanism revisited

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