We present experimental evidence for the hydrodynamic benefits of swimming'in ground
effect', that is, near a solid boundary. This situation is common to fish that swim near the …

A numerical investigation on the power extraction of a pitching-motion-activated flapping foil
near solid walls is performed by using an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method in …

A detailed series of experiments is performed to investigate the 'ground effect'experienced
by propulsive flapping foils operating near a solid boundary. A high aspect ratio foil is towed …

The role of induced vortex interaction in a semi-active flapping foil based energy harvester is
numerically examined in this work. A NACA0015 airfoil, which acts as an energy harvester …

A micro air vehicle with a bird-mimetic up-down and twisting wing drive system was
developed in this study. The Flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle (FMAV), with a 50 cm …

Experiments and computations are presented for a foil pitching about its leading edge near
a planar, solid boundary. The foil is examined when it is constrained in space and when it is …

The ceiling effect on the aerodynamics of a hovering flapping wing is investigated by solving
the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Computations have been …

This paper reports the results of combined experimental and numerical studies on the
ground effect on a pair of three-dimensional (3D) hovering wings. Parameters investigated …

Aerodynamic ground effect in flapping-wing insect flight is of importance to comparative
morphologies and of interest to the micro-air-vehicle (MAV) community. Recent studies …

This research reports the numerical results of the ground effect trend for a three-dimensional
flapping insect wing at a very low Reynolds number (Re= 10). It demonstrates that the …