Abstract
A simple model is presented to explain the observed generation of a quasi-steady vortex at the leading edge of an animal wing that rotates in a horizontal plane about a body-centred axis. Vorticity formed by separation at the leading edge is transported outwards by a spanwise velocity field generated by two sources of spanwise pressure gradient, one induced centrifugally and the other by variations in the vortex size and circulation. The vorticity is then deposited into a trailing vortex system that takes the form of a downward propagating vortex ring. This mechanism appears to apply generally to flying animals but is modelled here for those in hovering flight.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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53 articles.
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