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    Aerodynamic Performance of DragonflyWing with Well-designed Corrugated Section in Gliding Flight

    Zilong Zhang1, Yajun Yin2, Zheng Zhong1,3, Hongxiao Zhao1

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.109-110, No.3, pp. 285-302, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2015.109.285

    Abstract Dragonflies possess the highly corrugated wings which distinguish from the ordinary airfoils. To unlock the secrets of the dramatic flight ability of dragonflies, it will be of great significance to investigate the aerodynamic contribution of the corrugations. In this paper, a group of corrugated airfoils were specially designed based on the geometrical characteristics of a typical dragonfly wing. The two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations were solved using the finite volume method, and the coefficients of lift and drag of the studied airfoils were calculated and compared with those of a flat airfoil and a NACA0008 airfoil. The More >

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