TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of unsteady aerodynamic forces of 3D flapping wing in hovering flight (1st report, influences of Reynolds number, reduced frequency and planform)
AU - Nagai, Hiroto
AU - Ito, Takumi
AU - Miura, Keita
AU - Hayase, Toshiyuki
AU - Isogai, Koji
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - An experimental study of the aerodynamic characteristics of 3-dimensional flapping wing in hovering flight is conducted in the wide range of parameters, which are Reynolds number, reduced frequency and wing planforms. Lift and power are measured on scaled flapping wings, which mimic bumblebee and cicada wings, and which are delta wings with different locations of maximum chord. The results show that lift and power (1) are almost unchanged in Re = 800 -5 000, (2) increase as the reduced frequency increases, although the effeciency is constant, and (3) increase as the location of maximum chord moves from wing base to tip, although the effeciency decreases.
AB - An experimental study of the aerodynamic characteristics of 3-dimensional flapping wing in hovering flight is conducted in the wide range of parameters, which are Reynolds number, reduced frequency and wing planforms. Lift and power are measured on scaled flapping wings, which mimic bumblebee and cicada wings, and which are delta wings with different locations of maximum chord. The results show that lift and power (1) are almost unchanged in Re = 800 -5 000, (2) increase as the reduced frequency increases, although the effeciency is constant, and (3) increase as the location of maximum chord moves from wing base to tip, although the effeciency decreases.
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaib.73.2450
DO - 10.1299/kikaib.73.2450
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:40449103448
VL - 73
SP - 2450
EP - 2458
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
SN - 0387-5016
IS - 12
ER -