Thrust enhancement of a flapping airfoil using a non-sinusoidal motion trajectories
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DOI: 10.1007/s40430-021-02923-8
Abstract: A parametric numerical study is conducted to assess the effect of trajectory nature on the propulsive performances of a NACA0014 flapping airfoil. Sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal plunging and pitching trajectories are combined to achieve sought flapping… read more here.
Keywords: non sinusoidal; flapping airfoil; enhancement flapping; airfoil using ... See more keywords
Role of synthetic jet control in energy harvesting capability of a semi-active flapping airfoil
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118389
Abstract: Abstract The role of synthetic jet (SJ) control in the energy harvesting capability of a semi-active flapping airfoil is numerically investigated in this study. An elliptic airfoil with ratio of 8, which is placed in… read more here.
Keywords: energy; jet; flapping airfoil; energy harvesting ... See more keywords
Reduced-order thrust modeling for an efficiently flapping airfoil using system identification method
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2016.12.005
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents a novel reduced-order model (ROM) of thrust for an efficiently flapping airfoil using system identification method. A NACA0012 airfoil pitching and plunging at a low Reynolds number of 40,000 is used… read more here.
Keywords: reduced order; airfoil using; efficiently flapping; method ... See more keywords