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SUMMARY:How Focused Flexibility Maximizes the Thrust Production of Flappin
 g Wings - Nick Moore (Florida State University)
DTSTART:20191029T100000Z
DTEND:20191029T110000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Birds\, insects\, and fish all exploit the fact that flexible 
 wings or fins generally perform better. It is not clear\, though\, how to 
 best distribute flexibility: Should a wing be uniformly flexible\, or shou
 ld certain sections be more rigid than others? I will discuss this questio
 n by using a small-amplitude model combined with an efficient Chebyshev PD
 E solver that exploits the 2D nature of the problem through conformal mapp
 ing techniques. Numerical optimization shows that concentrating flexibilit
 y near the leading edge of the wing maximizes thrust production.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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