26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-3.5 ST1:

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLAPPING WING AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE UNDER GUST WIND CONDITIONS

T. Wan, C. K. Huang
Tamkang Univ., Taiwan

Keywords: Flapping wing, Dynamic mesh, Severe weather conditions

CFD technique is implemented to investigate flapping wing aerodynamic efficiency under gust wind. First, several verification cases have been justified and with gust situation computed. This study leads to the conclusion that severe gust is important consideration in designing the flapping MAV and should operate under such condition.

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