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Aperture effect of normal hovering flight in close proximity to the ground
Xinping Zhouab, Yong Huangbc a School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
b Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
c Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Luoyang, PR China
Abstract:
Aerodynamics of a flapping foil at low Reynolds number in close proximity to the ground in aperture effect are studied by numerical simulations based on the normal hovering motion mode. A vortex street is interestingly generated by both ground and aperture effects and the rotation of the foil. The study reveals that the aperture takes a force-reduction effect and a large enough aperture effectively can remove the ground force-enhancement effect produced when the foil is in close proximity to the ground. This paper provides an effective method of optimizing foil-flapping flight design of flying robotics over a porous plane.
Keywords:
aerodynamics, flapping foil, low Reynolds number, ground effect, aperture effect.
Received: 31.03.2021 Revised: 31.03.2021 Accepted: 30.07.2021
Citation:
Xinping Zhou, Yong Huang, “Aperture effect of normal hovering flight in close proximity to the ground”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 47:22 (2021), 24–27
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