Effect of wing deformation on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings: fluid-structure interaction approach

• Main Authors: Fairuz, Z. M., Abdullah, M. Z., Zuber, Mohammad, Mujeebu, Muhammad Abdul, Abdullah @ Harun, Muhammad Khalil, Yusoff, H., Abdul Aziz, M. S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Civil Engineers 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54064/1/Effect%20of%20wing%20deformation%20on%20the%20aerodynamic%20performance%20of%20flapping%20wings.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54064/; https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AS.1943-5525.0000548

Wing stiffness is very crucial in augmenting aerodynamic forces in flapping wing flyers. In this work, the effect of wing deformation was studied using three-dimensional numerical analysis (two-way fluid structure interaction), coupling the flow solver (FLUENT) and the structural (ABAQUS) solver via...