A Free-Flight Simulation of Insect Flapping Flight

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In insect flapping flight, non-equilibrium flight conditions such as takeoffs and uncoordinated turn are difficult to investigate with experiments or quasi-steady analysis. Here we develop a simplified rigid body dynamics solver with 6 degrees of freedom (DOF), by utilizing unit quaternions. A free-flight simulator of an insect flapping flight is then built up by coupling the dynamics solver with an in-house CFD solver, which is specified for simulating unsteady flapping-wing aerodynamics. Simulation of the hovering flight of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is achieved by manually manipulating three kinematic parameters, wingbeat amplitude, mean positional angle, and stroke plane angle relative to body (anatomical stroke plane angle).

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  • CRID
    1390001205342950912
  • NII Article ID
    130000428321
  • DOI
    10.5226/jabmech.1.71
  • ISSN
    21851522
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
    • OpenAIRE
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