Corrugation Assisted Enhancement of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Delta Wing for Micro Aerial Vehicle

Mukherjee, Prithwish; Pawar, Amit A.; Ranjan, Kumar Sanat; Saha, Sandeep

doi:10.2514/1.c035849

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“…In addition, the position of the first groove relative to the entire chordal cross section of the wing gradually moves backward. This phenomenon may have an impact on hindwing flight aerodynamic performance because corrugation is directly related to insect wings' aerodynamic (Krishna et al, 2020; Mukherjee et al, 2021; Nguyen et al, 2021). Next, because of pointing out the role of the image microstructure, we will analyze the aerodynamics of three 2D CA models during flapping by simulation.…”

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A study on the aerodynamic behaviors learned from microscopy imaging of beetle corrugated hindwing

Liu,

Chen,

Wang

et al. 2024

Microscopy Res & Technique

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Beetle hindwings have the unique advantages of lightweight and high strength, which play a key role in flight. In this study, the beetle hindwings were cut along the chordal direction, then the first groove microstructure of different vein cross sections was investigated using the 3D microscope system and the laser scanning confocal microscope. It was found that the position of the first groove relative to the entire chordal cross section of the wing gradually moves backward, which has an effect on the flying aerodynamic behaviors of the beetle. Next, three corrugated airfoils learned from the microscopy imaging of the ladybird beetle hindwing were designed. Then, aerodynamic behaviors were calculated by the ANSYS Fluent software, and it was confirmed that the position of the first groove microstructure affects the aerodynamic performance of the airfoil. For further study, the influence of corrugated structural and motion parameters on the aerodynamic, 2D ‘simplified’ airfoil models with triangular wave airfoil models (TWA models) was developed and studied.Research Highlights The position of the first groove microstructure affects the aerodynamic performance of the airfoil. The pressure difference of different corrugation patterns shows significantly asymmetric during the upstroke and downstroke. The aerodynamic is optimal of 2D‐TWA models, when the number of corrugations is five, the corrugation is right angle, and the flapping frequency is 75 Hz.

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