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Propulsive device of the flapping wing type

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Problems associated with the development of a propulsive device of the flapping wing type are discussed. Specific features of an unsteady flow around such a wing and the influence of its geometric parameters and the law of wing flapping on the thrust force and hydrodynamic efficiency are analyzed. Formulas for calculating the thrust force at high Strouhal numbers are derived. Some configurations of propulsive devices and possible applications are considered.

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  1. Omsk Department of the Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Omsk, 644043, Russia

    D. N. Gorelov

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Original Russian Text © D.N. Gorelov.

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 120–126, November–December, 2014.

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Gorelov, D.N. Propulsive device of the flapping wing type. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 55, 1010–1015 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894414060121

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