24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-3.10.3 (St.)

UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS OF FLAPPING WINGS

H. Matsutani
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Keywords: flapping wing, MAV

In this study, two methods are used for the analysis of the flapping wing. First, the vortex ring method for the 3-D flapping movement in an inviscid flow. Second, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and overlapped grids for the 2-D heaving movement in a viscous flow.

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