Print Email Facebook Twitter Flow visualization around a flapping-wing micro air vehicle in free flight Title Flow visualization around a flapping-wing micro air vehicle in free flight Author Del Estal Herrero, A. (TU Delft Aerodynamics) Perçin, M. (TU Delft Aerodynamics; Middle East Technical University) Karasek, M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) van Oudheusden, B.W. (TU Delft Aerodynamics) Contributor Rösgen, Thomas (editor) Date 2018 Abstract Flow visualizations have been performed on a free flying flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle (MAV), using a large-scale particle image velocimetry (PIV) approach. The PIV method involves the use of helium filled soap bubbles (HFSB) as tracer particles. HFSB scatter light with much higher intensity than regular seeding particles and comparable to that reflected off the flexible flapping wings. This enables flow field visualization to be achieved also close to the flapping wings, in contrast to previous PIV experiments with regular seeding. Unlike previous tethered wind tunnel measurements in which the vehicle is fixed relative to the measurement setup, the MAV now flies through the measurement area. In this way, the experiment captures the actual flow field of the MAV in free flight, allowing the true asymmetric nature of the flow to be appreciated. Measurements were performed for two different orientations of the light sheet with respect to the flight direction. In the first configuration, the light sheet is parallel to the flight direction and visualizes a streamwise plane that intersects the MAV wings at a specific spanwise position. In the second configuration, the illumination plane is normal to the flight direction and visualizes the flow as the MAV passes through the light sheet. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9f782c20-725c-4064-a8b2-f7b842435da4 DOI https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000279207 Publisher ETH Zürich Embargo date 2020-08-01 Source Proceedings 18th International Symposium on Flow Visualization: Zurich, Switzerland, June 26-29, 2018 Event ISFV18: 18th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, 2018-06-26 → 2018-06-29, Zürich, Switzerland Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 A. Del Estal Herrero, M. Perçin, M. Karasek, B.W. van Oudheusden Files PDF 206m.pdf 914.84 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9f782c20-725c-4064-a8b2-f7b842435da4/datastream/OBJ/view