Numerical investigation of a Hawkmoth wing undergoing pure plunge motion in hover

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2019-09-20

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Bektaş, Mürvet
Güler, Mehmet Ali
Kurtuluş, Dilek Funda

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The aerodynamic phenomena of the flapping motion in hover mode is widely considered in micro air vehicle (MAV) applications. In this study, the aerodynamics of a three-dimensional rigid wing mimicked from the hawkmoth Manduca sexta is numerically investigated under pure plunge motion. The sinusoidal motion is provided with a user-defined function (UDF) to flap the wing, and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used for the numerical analysis. This paper presents the effects of various parameters such as wingbeat frequency (f), stroke plane angle (β) and stroke amplitude (Φ) on the wing aerodynamics during hovering flight.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/73688

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10th Ankara International Aerospace Conference

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M. Bektaş, M. A. Güler, and D. F. Kurtuluş, “Numerical investigation of a Hawkmoth wing undergoing pure plunge motion in hover,” presented at the 10th Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankara, Türkiye, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/73688.