Highly deformable flapping membrane wings suppress the leading edge vortex in hover to perform better - Supporting videos
Videos of the supplementary material for the publication "A Gehrke, K Mulleners. Highly deformable flapping membrane wings suppress the leading edge vortex in hover to perform better".
The first video shows the experiment with the dynamically deforming membrane wing platform.
The following four videos show the vorticity flow fields and camber lines for:
- a fully rigid wing
- a stiff membrane wing
- a membrane wing at optimal stiffness
- a membrane wing that is overly flexible
The geometric angle of attack for all four flow field videos is 55 degrees. The membrane shape and flow fields are recorded with experimental particle image velocimitry (PIV) close to mid-span (0.55 R).
