The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10232010 and 10472008)
The equations of motion of an insect with flapping wings are derived and then simplified to that of a flying body using the "rigid body" assumption. On the basis of the simplified equations of motion, the longitudin...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 90305009, 10232010 and 10072066)the Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. KJCX-SW-L04 and KJCX2-SW-L2)
Flexible insect wings deform passively under the periodic loading during flapping flight. The wing flexibility is considered as one of the specific mechanisms on improving insect flight performance. The constitutive r...
The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10232010 and 10472008);Ph.D.Student Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education(20030006022)
The effects of corrugation and wing planform (shape and aspect ratio) on the aerodynamic force production of model insect wings in sweeping (rotating after an initial start) motion at Reynolds number 200 and 3500 ...
The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10232010);the National Aeronautic Science Fund of China(03A51049)
The effect of the wake of previous strokes on the aerodynamic forces of a flapping model insect wing is studied using the method of computational fluid dynamics. The wake effect is isolated by comparing the forces and...
The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10232010);the National Aeronautic Science fund of China(03A51049)
Aerodynamic forces and power requirements in forward flight in a bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) were studied using the method of computational fluid dynamics. Actual wing kinematic data of free flight were used in th...