Self-Locking Stability Effect Induced by Downwash Flow of the Flapping Wing Rotor
摘要
Throughout the previous studies, none of them are involved in analysing the downwash flow effect on the control surface of the Flapping Wing Rotor (FWR). An overset CFD numerical model is built up and validated to study the downwash flow’s effect on the stability of the FWR. After simulation, a cone like self-lock region which acts as the critical condition determining the stability of FWR is found. Only when the flow’s resultant velocity acting on the control surface lies in the stable region, the FWR can keep stable. The size of the cone like self-lock stable region can be enlarged by increasing the maximum feasible deflection angle constrained by mechanical design or enhancing the equivalent downwash flow velocity. Among all the simulated cases, when J = 2.67 (