Physical models and vortex dynamics of swimming and flying: a review

D Zhang, JD Zhang, WX Huang - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
The swimming of aquatic animals and flying of insects and birds have fascinated physicists
and biologists for more than a century. In this regard, great efforts have been made to …

Determining the relative stability of leading-edge vortices on nominally two-dimensional flapping profiles

JG Wong, DE Rival - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
It is hypothesized that the relative stability of leading-edge vortices (LEVs) on flapping
profiles can be improved by moderating LEV growth through spanwise vorticity convection …

Experiments to investigate lift production mechanisms on pitching flat plates

P Stevens, H Babinsky - Experiments in Fluids, 2017 - Springer
Pitching flat plates are a useful simplification of flapping wings, and their study can provide
useful insights into unsteady force generation. Non-circulatory and circulatory lift producing …

新型异向流沉沙池泥沙沉降特性试验与机理分析

李琳, 付海林, 谭义海, 裴建生, 张军 - 农业工程学报, 2021 - aeeisp.com
为了探明二级泥沙处理设施--新型异向流沉沙池的泥沙沉降特性及其沉沙机理,
该研究开展了不同流量和不同含沙浓度的系列试验, 并对泥沙运动过程进行了力学分析 …

Leading-edge vortex burst on a low-aspect-ratio rotating flat plate

A Medina, AR Jones - Physical Review Fluids, 2016 - APS
This study experimentally investigates the phenomenon of leading-edge-vortex burst on
rotating flat plate wings. An aspect-ratio-2 wing was driven in pure rotation at a Reynolds …

Camber and aerodynamic performance of compliant membrane wings

RM Waldman, KS Breuer - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a self-consistent theory to predict the behavior of compliant membrane wings
subject to aerodynamic loads. The theory incorporates the Young–Laplace equation to treat …

Ground effect on the aerodynamics of three-dimensional hovering wings

H Lu, KB Lua, YJ Lee, TT Lim… - Bioinspiration & …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports the results of combined experimental and numerical studies on the
ground effect on a pair of three-dimensional (3D) hovering wings. Parameters investigated …

Flow-induced oscillations of pitching swept wings: stability boundary, vortex dynamics and force partitioning

Y Zhu, K Breuer - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
We study experimentally the aeroelastic instability boundaries and three-dimensional vortex
dynamics of pitching swept wings, with the sweep angle ranging from 0. The structural …

Resonant response and optimal energy harvesting of an elastically mounted pitching and heaving hydrofoil

Y Su, K Breuer - Physical Review Fluids, 2019 - APS
The aeroelastic response and energy harvesting performance of an elastically mounted
hydrofoil subject to a prescribed pitching motion are experimentally studied using a cyber …

Interplay of the leading-edge vortex and the tip vortex of a low-aspect-ratio thin wing

L Dong, KS Choi, X Mao - Experiments in Fluids, 2020 - Springer
Three-dimensional vortical structures and their interaction over a low-aspect-ratio thin wing
have been studied via particle image velocimetry at the chord Reynolds number of 10^ 5 10 …