Numerical simulation of unsteady flows over a slow-flying bat

• 作 者: Shizhao Wang Xing Zhang Guowei
• 机 构: TheStateKeyLaboratoryofNonlinearMechanics,DepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineering.WesternMichi
• 出 处: 力学快报：英文版
• 发表日期: 2015年1期
• 关键词: 数值模拟 非定常流 蝙蝠 飞行 几何形状 结构鉴定 时间平均 涡升力 Flapping flightBatLiftLeading-edge vortexVort
• 基金项目: AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foun- dation of China （10872201, 11232011, 11302238, and 11372331 ）,and the National Basic Research Program of China （973 Program

This letter describes numerical simulation of the unsteady flow over a slow-flying bat by using the immersed boundary method based on the measured bat wing geometry and kinematics.The main vortical structures around the bat flapping wings are identified,i