Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field

Expressions are derived to relate the instantaneous pressure force on a flapping wing to the velocity field on a plane at the trailing edge and on a highly localized region around and near the wing, valid when the vortex sheet is thin. In its more practical version, the formalism is applicable to wi...

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spelling todo:paper_10706631_v23_n11_p_Minotti2023-10-03T16:02:25Z Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field Minotti, F.O. A-plane Flapping wing Fluid velocity field Pressure force Simplified expressions Spatial derivatives Surface integrals Time derivative Trailing edges Two-dimensional geometry Velocity field Vortex sheet Velocity Wakes Two dimensional Expressions are derived to relate the instantaneous pressure force on a flapping wing to the velocity field on a plane at the trailing edge and on a highly localized region around and near the wing, valid when the vortex sheet is thin. In its more practical version, the formalism is applicable to wings with close to two-dimensional geometry and has the advantage of not using spatial derivatives, but only a time derivative of a surface integral of the velocity. In the purely two-dimensional case, the expression obtained is used to justify a much simpler one that only requires the evaluation of the time derivative of the wing circulation. A comparison with a numerical simulation in a two-dimensional case shows a good representation of the forces, even with the most simplified expression, when the condition of a thin wake is met. Other examples are shown in which the wake is not thin in order to explore the limitations of the formalism. It is found in these cases that the thrust is sometimes not so well reproduced, with a tendency to be overestimated, while the lift is generally better reproduced. Remarkably, the simpler expression reproduces rather acceptably the phase and amplitude of both thrust and lift in all cases. © 2011 American Institute of Physics. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10706631_v23_n11_p_Minotti
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topic A-plane
Flapping wing
Fluid velocity field
Pressure force
Simplified expressions
Spatial derivatives
Surface integrals
Time derivative
Trailing edges
Two-dimensional geometry
Velocity field
Vortex sheet
Velocity
Wakes
Two dimensional
spellingShingle A-plane
Flapping wing
Fluid velocity field
Pressure force
Simplified expressions
Spatial derivatives
Surface integrals
Time derivative
Trailing edges
Two-dimensional geometry
Velocity field
Vortex sheet
Velocity
Wakes
Two dimensional
Minotti, F.O.
Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
topic_facet A-plane
Flapping wing
Fluid velocity field
Pressure force
Simplified expressions
Spatial derivatives
Surface integrals
Time derivative
Trailing edges
Two-dimensional geometry
Velocity field
Vortex sheet
Velocity
Wakes
Two dimensional
description Expressions are derived to relate the instantaneous pressure force on a flapping wing to the velocity field on a plane at the trailing edge and on a highly localized region around and near the wing, valid when the vortex sheet is thin. In its more practical version, the formalism is applicable to wings with close to two-dimensional geometry and has the advantage of not using spatial derivatives, but only a time derivative of a surface integral of the velocity. In the purely two-dimensional case, the expression obtained is used to justify a much simpler one that only requires the evaluation of the time derivative of the wing circulation. A comparison with a numerical simulation in a two-dimensional case shows a good representation of the forces, even with the most simplified expression, when the condition of a thin wake is met. Other examples are shown in which the wake is not thin in order to explore the limitations of the formalism. It is found in these cases that the thrust is sometimes not so well reproduced, with a tendency to be overestimated, while the lift is generally better reproduced. Remarkably, the simpler expression reproduces rather acceptably the phase and amplitude of both thrust and lift in all cases. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.
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author Minotti, F.O.
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title Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
title_short Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
title_full Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
title_fullStr Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
title_full_unstemmed Determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
title_sort determination of the instantaneous forces on flapping wings from a localized fluid velocity field
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