Introduction
Materials and Methods
Insect Collection and Treatment
Micro CT Scan of Dragonfly Wing
The Finite Element Model
Dragonfly Wing Material Properties
Dragonfly Wing Kinematics
Dragonfly Forewing Loading
Aerodynamic load model
Inertial load model
Load cases
Results and Discussion
Digitisation and Image Analysis of a Dragonfly Wing
Load Distributions
Wing Deformation
Wing Vibration
Wing model | Mode (n) | f
n
(Hz) | ωn (rad/s) | ωn/ωflap
| Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3D | 1 | 154 | 968 | 4.8 | Bending |
2 | 301 | 1893 | 9.3 | Torsion | |
2D | 1 | 25.4 | 158 | 0.8 | Bending |
2 | 118 | 739 | 3.7 | Torsion |