Perfect combination of lightness and ingenuity: secrets in the flight of Paratuposa placentis

ZHANG Xing

doi:10.6052/1000-0992-22-011

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Zhang X. Perfect combination of lightness and ingenuity: secrets in the flight of Paratuposa placentis. Advances in Mechanics, 2022, 52(2): 410-413 doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-22-011

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Zhang X. Perfect combination of lightness and ingenuity: secrets in the flight of Paratuposa placentis. Advances in Mechanics, 2022, 52(2): 410-413 doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-22-011

Zhang X. Perfect combination of lightness and ingenuity: secrets in the flight of Paratuposa placentis. Advances in Mechanics, 2022, 52(2): 410-413 doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-22-011

Citation:

Zhang X. Perfect combination of lightness and ingenuity: secrets in the flight of Paratuposa placentis. Advances in Mechanics, 2022, 52(2): 410-413 doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-22-011

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Perfect combination of lightness and ingenuity: secrets in the flight of Paratuposa placentis

doi: 10.6052/1000-0992-22-011

ZHANG Xing^,

1.
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2.
School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Corresponding author: zhangx@lnm.imech.ac.cn
Received Date: 2022-02-21
Accepted Date: 2022-03-29

Available Online: 2022-04-02

Publish Date: 2022-06-25

Abstract

Abstract

By using experimental approach, three-dimensional morphological and kinematic models for the flight of Paratuposa placentis are reconstructed. The secrets in the high-performance flight of Paratuposa placentis are successfully unveiled through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis.
- Paratuposa placentis,
- flight,
- aerodynamics

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