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A dynamic mesh strategy applied to the simulation of flapping wings.

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Title: A dynamic mesh strategy applied to the simulation of flapping wings.
Authors: Deng, Shuanghou, Xiao, Tianhang, Oudheusden, Bas, Bijl, Hester
Source: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering; 5/25/2016, Vol. 106 Issue 10, p664-680, 17p
Subject Terms: MILITARY doctrine, MILITARY policy, MILITARY strategy, MILITARY offensives, PREEMPTIVE attack (Military science)
Abstract: A robust and efficient dynamic grid strategy based on an overset grid coupled with mesh deformation technique is proposed for simulating unsteady flow of flapping wings undergoing large geometrical displacement. The dynamic grid method was implemented using a hierarchical unstructured overset grid locally coupled with a fast radial basis function (RBF)-based mapping approach. The hierarchically organized overset grid allows transferring the grid resolution for multiple blocks and overlapping/embedding the meshes. The RBF-based mapping approach is particularly highlighted in this paper in view of its considerable computational efficiency compared with conventional RBF evaluation. The performance of the proposed dynamic mesh strategy is demonstrated by three typical unsteady cases, including a rotating rectangular block in a fixed domain, a relative movement between self-propelled fishes and the X-wing type flapping-wing micro air vehicle DelFly, which displays the clap-and-fling wing-interaction phenomenon on both sides of the fuselage. Results show that the proposed method can be applied to the simulation of flapping wings with satisfactory efficiency and robustness. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:A robust and efficient dynamic grid strategy based on an overset grid coupled with mesh deformation technique is proposed for simulating unsteady flow of flapping wings undergoing large geometrical displacement. The dynamic grid method was implemented using a hierarchical unstructured overset grid locally coupled with a fast radial basis function (RBF)-based mapping approach. The hierarchically organized overset grid allows transferring the grid resolution for multiple blocks and overlapping/embedding the meshes. The RBF-based mapping approach is particularly highlighted in this paper in view of its considerable computational efficiency compared with conventional RBF evaluation. The performance of the proposed dynamic mesh strategy is demonstrated by three typical unsteady cases, including a rotating rectangular block in a fixed domain, a relative movement between self-propelled fishes and the X-wing type flapping-wing micro air vehicle DelFly, which displays the clap-and-fling wing-interaction phenomenon on both sides of the fuselage. Results show that the proposed method can be applied to the simulation of flapping wings with satisfactory efficiency and robustness. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00295981
DOI:10.1002/nme.5160