简介:Weconductedacomprehensivestudytoinvestigatetheaerodynamiccharacteristicsandforcegenerationoftheelytraofabeetle,Allomyrinadichotoma.Ouranalysisincludedwindtunnelexperimentsandthree-dimensionalcomputationalfluiddynamicssimulationsusingANSYS-CFXsoftware.Ourfirstapproachwasaquasi-staticstudythatconsideredtheeffectofinducedflappingflowduetotheflappingmotionofthefore-wings(elytra)atafrequencyofaround30Hzto40Hz.Thedihedralanglewasvariedtorepresentflappingmotionduringtheupstrokeanddownstroke.Wefoundthatanelytronproducespositiveliftat0°geometricangleofattack,negativeliftduringtheupstroke,andalwaysproducesdragduringboththeupstrokeanddownstroke.Wealsofoundthattheliftcoefficientofanelytrondoesnotdropevenataveryhighgeometricangleofattack.Forabeetlewithabodyweightof5g,basedonthequasi-staticmethod,thefore-wings(elytra)canproduceliftoflessthan1%ofitsbodyweight.