Aerodynamics of Bird Flight
It is the objective of this thesis project to understand the physics behind the different modes of bird flight and to do numerical two dimensional simulations of pure plunging, pure pitching and combined pitch-plunging motion of an aerofoil. First, the different physical models used to understand th...
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KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-154492 |
| Summary: | It is the objective of this thesis project to understand the physics behind the different modes of bird flight and to do numerical two dimensional simulations of pure plunging, pure pitching and combined pitch-plunging motion of an aerofoil. First, the different physical models used to understand the generation of thrust are explained. Then the numerical model used for the simulation is explained briefly. Then the results and analysis of the numerical simulations are presented. |
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