03.1 - Aerodynamics – CFD Methods and Validation
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A BIO-INSPIRED FLEXIBLE FLAPPING-WING BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL MEASURED DEFORMATION
X.-W. Yang¹, Y. Pei¹, W.-Q. Yang¹, P. Nian¹, B.-F. Song¹; ¹Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
The aerodynamic characteristics of a flexible flapping-wing MAV were numerically simulated using ANSYS Fluent. The deformation pattern derived from a stereovision experiment was used as a prescribed input to the solver. The results give new insights into flexible wing aerodynamic and the flow structure around it.