Time-varying Flexible Airfoil Shape Effects on Flapping Airfoil Power Extraction

Systematic investigation of the flow evolution and energy extraction performance of a flapping-airfoil power generator

“…More recently, an investigation into the effects of flexible flapping wings on power generation was conducted by Liu et al [18]. A similar study on the flexible airfoil effects can also be fond in the work by Hoke et al [19]. According to the studies above, it can be found that the proposed flapping profiles are mostly imposed to seek the best kinematic parameters, airfoil shape and motion profiles.…”