This letter describes numerical simulation of the unsteady flow over a slow-flying bat by using the immersed boundary method based on the measured bat wing geometry and kinematics. The main vortical structures around ...This letter describes numerical simulation of the unsteady flow over a slow-flying bat by using the immersed boundary method based on the measured bat wing geometry and kinematics. The main vortical structures around the bat flapping wings are identified, illuminating the lift-generating role of the leading- edge vortices generated mainly in the downstroke. Furthermore, the lift decomposition indicates that the vortex lift has the dominant contribution to the time-averaged lift and the lift associated with the fluid acceleration has the relatively moderate effect.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10872201,11232011,11302238,and 11372331)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(2013CB834100)(Nonlinear science)support from the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin
文摘This letter describes numerical simulation of the unsteady flow over a slow-flying bat by using the immersed boundary method based on the measured bat wing geometry and kinematics. The main vortical structures around the bat flapping wings are identified, illuminating the lift-generating role of the leading- edge vortices generated mainly in the downstroke. Furthermore, the lift decomposition indicates that the vortex lift has the dominant contribution to the time-averaged lift and the lift associated with the fluid acceleration has the relatively moderate effect.
