Visualization and characterization of near-wake flow fields of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle using PIV

• Main Authors: Ren, H., Wu, Y., Huang, P. G.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103350; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16928
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two-dimensional velocity fields are measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV) at four planes in the near-wake region of a pair of the side wings of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) designed at Wright State University. A high-speed camera is used to identify the phases of the flapping mo...