27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-2.9.3

FLUID-STRUCTURE COUPLING RESEARCH FOR MICRO FLAPPING-WING

W. Q. Yang, B. F. Song, W. P. Song, Z. K. Li
NPU, China

Keywords: flapping wing, fluid-structure coupling, rans equations

A fluid-structure coupling method for Micro Flapping-wing is presented. The aerodynamic forces are calculated by solving Navier-Stokes equations, and the stiffness matrix is measured by experiment. The method can be used to analyze the effect of deformation to the aerodynamic performance of flapping wing with light mass and elastic structure.

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