Effects of structural flexibility of wings in flapping flight of butterfly

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Effects of structural flexibility of wings in flapping flight of butterfly

Senda, Kei / Obara, Takuya / Kitamura, Masahiko / Yokoyama, Naoto / Hirai, Norio / Iima, Makoto

The objective of this paper is to clarify the effects of structural flexibility of wings of a butterfly in flapping flight. For this purpose, a dynamics model of a butterfly is derived by Lagrange's method, where the butterfly is considered as a rigid multi-body system. The panel method is employed to simulate the flow field and the aerodynamic forces acting on the wings. The mathematical model is validated by the agreement of the numerical result with the experimentally measured data. Then, periodic orbits of flapping-of-wings flights are parametrically searched in order to fly the butterfly models. Almost periodic orbits are found, but they are unstable. Deformation of the wings is modeled in two ways. One is bending and its effect on the aerodynamic forces is discussed. The other is passive wing torsion caused by structural flexibility. Numerical simulations demonstrate that flexible torsion reduces the flight instability.

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Titel :

Effects of structural flexibility of wings in flapping flight of butterfly

Weitere Titelangaben:

Auswirkungen der strukturellen Flexibilität der Flügel bei schlagender Flugbewegung von Schmetterlingen

Beteiligte:

Senda, Kei (Autor:in) / Obara, Takuya (Autor:in) / Kitamura, Masahiko (Autor:in) / Yokoyama, Naoto (Autor:in) / Hirai, Norio (Autor:in) / Iima, Makoto (Autor:in)

Erschienen in:

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (Online) ; 7 , 2 ; 025002/1-025002/15

Erscheinungsdatum :

2012

Format / Umfang :

15 Seiten, 32 Quellen

ISSN :

1748-3190

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/2/025002

Medientyp :

Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)