Actuator disk model and span efficiency of flapping flight in bats based on time-resolved PIV measurements
(2011) In Experiments in Fluids 51. p.511-525- Abstract
- All animals flap their wings in powered flight to provide both lift and thrust, yet few human-engineered designs do so. When combined with flexible wing surfaces, the resulting unsteady fluid flows and interactions in flapping flight can be complex to describe, understand, and model. Here, a simple modified actuator disk is used in a quasi-steady description of the net aerodynamic lift forces on several species of bat whose wakes are measured with time-resolved PIV. The model appears to capture the time-averaged and instantaneous lift forces on the wings and body, and could be used as basis for comparing flapping flight efficiency of different animal species and micro air vehicle designs.
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- Muijres, Florian LU ; Spedding, G.R. ; Winter, York and Hedenström, Anders LU
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- 2011
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Experiments in Fluids
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- 51
- pages
- 511 - 525
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- Springer
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- wos:000293135900015
- scopus:80052657057
- ISSN
- 1432-1114
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00348-011-1067-5
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- English
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- yes
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- 74535e47-4531-4c81-8b13-dda78864a28c (old id 1886304)
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