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  • The energy extraction performance of an oscillating rigid and flexible foil

    Creator:
    Totpal, Alexander D.
    Abstract:
    The aerodynamic performance of an oscillating pitching and plunging foil operating in the energy harvesting mode is investigated. Experiments are conducted in a closed-loop recirculating wind tunnel at Reynolds numbers of 24,000 to 48,000, and reduced frequencies (k = fc/u) of 0.042 to 0.083. Foil kinematics are varied through the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    flight by Ellington et al. in 1996, where flow visualization around a hawkmoth wing in flight showed

  • Experiments on a low aspect ratio wing at low Reynolds numbers

    Creator:
    Morse, Daniel R.
    Abstract:
    At the start of the 21st century much of the focus of aircraft design has been turned to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which generally operate at much lower speeds in higher risk areas than manned aircraft. One subset of UAVs are Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) which usually are no larger...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    dominate the lift characteristics are described with flow visualization and 3C TR PIV measurements