Energy harnessing of multiple semi-active flapping ellipses in V-shape formation

• Main Authors: Gong, Lingyun, Zhu, Hongbo, Huan, Caiyun, Bao, Yan, Zhou, Dai, Han, Zhaolong, Ng, Bing Feng
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Chord Lengths; Efficiency Enhancement
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169425
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two-dimensional numerical simulations based on an immersed boundary method are performed for the two-foil system with varying spacings, and a staggered arrangement with a spacing normalized by chord length (X d / D, Y d / D) = (2.0, 2.5) is found to be the most favorable for energy harnessing with t...