2D numerical investigations derived from a 3D dragonfly wing captured with a high-resolution micro-CT

  • BACKGROUND: Due to their corrugated profile, dragonfly wings have special aerodynamic characteristics during flying and gliding. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to create a realistic 3D model of a dragonfly wing captured with a high-resolution micro-CT. To represent geometry changes in span and chord length and their aerodynamic effects, numerical investigations are carried out at different wing positions. METHODS: The forewing of a Camacinia gigantea was captured using a micro-CT. After the wing was adapted an error-free 3D model resulted. The wing was cut every 5 mm and 2D numerical analyses were conducted in Fluent® 2020 R2 (ANSYS, Inc., Canonsburg, PA, USA). RESULTS: The highest lift coefficient, as well as the highest lift-to-drag ratio, resulted at 0 mm and an angle of attack (AOA) of 5∘. At AOAs of 10∘ or 15∘, the flow around the wing stalled and a Kármán vortex street behind the wing becomes CONCLUSIONS: The velocity is higher on the upper side of the wing compared to the lower side. The pressure acts vice versa. Due to the recirculation zones that are formed in valleys of the corrugation pattern the wing resembles the form of an airfoil.

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Author:Vera Stelzer, Lars KrenkelORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-219010
Parent Title (English):Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Publisher:IOS Press
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2022
Release Date:2022/01/27
Tag:Dragonfly wing; aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; gliding flight; insect flight
Volume:30
Issue:1
First Page:283
Last Page:289
Note:
Corresponding author: Vera Stelzer
Konferenzangabe:Selected Papers From the 13th International Conference BIOMDLORE 2021
Institutes:Fakultät Maschinenbau
Regensburg Center of Biomedical Engineering - RCBE
Regensburg Center of Health Sciences and Technology - RCHST
Fakultät Maschinenbau / Labor Biofluidmechanik
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
OpenAccess Publikationsweg:Hybrid Open Access - OA-Veröffentlichung in einer Subskriptionszeitschrift/-medium
Corresponding author der OTH Regensburg
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International