Effects of wing deformation on aerodynamic forces in hovering hoverflies
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Effects of wing deformation on aerodynamic forces in hovering hoverflies.
We studied the effects of wing deformation on the aerodynamic forces of wings of hovering hoverflies by solving the Navier-Stokes equations on a dynamically deforming grid, employing the recently measured wing deformation data of hoverflies in free-flight. Three hoverflies were considered. By taking out the camber deformation and the spanwise twist deformation one by one and by comparing the re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040295