Abstract
The purpose of this study is elucidating the mechanism of mosquito's flight. The motion of mosquito's wings consists of three representative motion; flapping, lead-lug and feathering motion. The feathering motion is a rotational movement which is centering on a wing leading edge. The mosquitoes are performing this motion passively produced by fluid forces and so on. In order to build the enlarged model which simulates this motion, we need to measure the stiffness of the mosquito's wings. The bending stiffness of the mosquito's wings were measured by the experiment using a cantilever. The enlarged wing model was designed based on its results. We observed the flapping motion of the enlarged wing model in the very low velocity wind tunnel and verified whether the feathering motion can be simulated.
| Translated title of the contribution | 1202 Experimental study of an enlarged flapping wing model for elucidating mosquito's flight (Influence of rigidity of flexural wing on feathering motion and hydrodynamic performance) |
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| Original language | Japanese |
| Pages (from-to) | _1202-01_-_1202-03_ |
| Journal | 流体工学部門講演会講演論文集 |
| Volume | 2013 |
| Issue number | 0 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |