Flexibility of Flapping Rotor Wing and its Effect on Aerodynamic Characteristic

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In the previous study, the rigid model of flapping wing rotor ignores the flexible factors to describe its in detail. So a new flexible wing model is established here to further study the aerodynamic characteristic of this wing. And a variable-speed factor is taken into account in this new model too. It is found that the deformation position and amplitude are both useful to increase aerodynamic force. The variable-speed factor has a significant effect on aerodynamic characteristic. In the end, the results show the flexible wing has much better performance than rigid one.

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June 2012

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