PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS INTO FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS IN HOVERING FLAPPING FLIGHT

dc.contributor.advisorBalachandran, Balakumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Jesse R.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-04T05:33:37Z
dc.date.available2013-07-04T05:33:37Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractA parametric investigation into flapping flight is presented. For a Reynolds number of 75, harmonically forced flapping dynamics is studied. A wing section is modeled as two rigid links connected by a hinge with a torsion spring-damper combination. This section is wrapped in a smooth aerodynamic surface for immersion in the fluid domain. An immersed boundary method is employed on a two-dimensional structured Cartesian grid to solve the incompressible form of the Navier-Stokes equations for low Reynolds numbers by using a finite difference method. Fully coupled fluid-structure interactions are considered. Performance metrics, which include cycle-averaged lift, drag, power, and their ratios, are used to characterize the effects of different parameters and kinematics. Principal components of flow-field structures are quantified, and the system's response is correlated to performance. The thesis findings can serve as a basis to understand and identify flapping frequencies that provide high performance.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14309
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCFDen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledComputationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFlappingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFlighten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFluiden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHoveringen_US
dc.titlePARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS INTO FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS IN HOVERING FLAPPING FLIGHTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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