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Experimental studies of the flapping motion of a butterfly wing model
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Wydział Mechatroniki, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Wydział Mechaniczny Energetyki i Lotnictwa, Politechnika Warszawska, Poland
Submission date: 2024-01-19
Final revision date: 2024-04-10
Acceptance date: 2024-09-13
Online publication date: 2024-09-19
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The article describes an experiment of the movement of a butterfly wing model in glycerin. The tests started with the movement observed in a live butterfly, and then in each subsequent step, the angles of inclination were modified in such a way as to describe it in terms of simple functions, without losing its physical properties, i.e. due to aerodynamic forces. Insect flight can be divided into three phases of stroke in flapping flight. In each, aerodynamic forces are generated or aerodynamic drag is minimized. Based on the data analysis, the functions of the wing inclination angles in time.
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