Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

PIV-based investigations of animal flight

Spedding, Geoffrey R. and Hedenström, Anders LU (2009) In Experiments in Fluids 46(5). p.749-763
Abstract
An overview is presented of the principles of estimation of fluid forces exerted upon solid bodies, based upon whole-field velocity measurements such as provided by PIV. The focus will be on the range of length and velocity scales characterised by the flight of large insects, birds, bats and small unmanned air vehicles, so that while viscous terms in the Navier-Stokes equations can many times be ignored in the quantitative analysis, understanding and measuring boundary-layer flows, separation and instability will ultimately be critical to predicting and controlling the fluid motions. When properly applied, PIV methods can make accurate estimates of time-averaged and unsteady forces, although even ostensibly simple cases with uncomplicated... (More)
An overview is presented of the principles of estimation of fluid forces exerted upon solid bodies, based upon whole-field velocity measurements such as provided by PIV. The focus will be on the range of length and velocity scales characterised by the flight of large insects, birds, bats and small unmanned air vehicles, so that while viscous terms in the Navier-Stokes equations can many times be ignored in the quantitative analysis, understanding and measuring boundary-layer flows, separation and instability will ultimately be critical to predicting and controlling the fluid motions. When properly applied, PIV methods can make accurate estimates of time-averaged and unsteady forces, although even ostensibly simple cases with uncomplicated geometries can prove challenging in detail. Most PIV-based force estimates are embedded in some analytical model of the fluid-structure interaction, and examples of these with varying degrees of complexity are given. In any event, the performance and accuracy of the PIV method in use must be well understood as part of both the overall uncertainty analysis and the initial experimental design. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
in
Experiments in Fluids
volume
46
issue
5
pages
749 - 763
publisher
Springer
external identifiers
  • wos:000265880700002
  • scopus:67349121716
ISSN
1432-1114
DOI
10.1007/s00348-008-0597-y
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
2f662a4f-52c2-408e-aeb2-8d45020b2ae9 (old id 1426351)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 12:06:43
date last changed
2022-02-03 17:44:50
@article{2f662a4f-52c2-408e-aeb2-8d45020b2ae9,
  abstract     = {{An overview is presented of the principles of estimation of fluid forces exerted upon solid bodies, based upon whole-field velocity measurements such as provided by PIV. The focus will be on the range of length and velocity scales characterised by the flight of large insects, birds, bats and small unmanned air vehicles, so that while viscous terms in the Navier-Stokes equations can many times be ignored in the quantitative analysis, understanding and measuring boundary-layer flows, separation and instability will ultimately be critical to predicting and controlling the fluid motions. When properly applied, PIV methods can make accurate estimates of time-averaged and unsteady forces, although even ostensibly simple cases with uncomplicated geometries can prove challenging in detail. Most PIV-based force estimates are embedded in some analytical model of the fluid-structure interaction, and examples of these with varying degrees of complexity are given. In any event, the performance and accuracy of the PIV method in use must be well understood as part of both the overall uncertainty analysis and the initial experimental design.}},
  author       = {{Spedding, Geoffrey R. and Hedenström, Anders}},
  issn         = {{1432-1114}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{749--763}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Experiments in Fluids}},
  title        = {{PIV-based investigations of animal flight}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-008-0597-y}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s00348-008-0597-y}},
  volume       = {{46}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}