TY - GEN
T1 - Effectiveness of bristled wing of thrips
AU - Sato, Ken
AU - Takahashi, Hidetoshi
AU - Nguyen, Minh Dung
AU - Matsumoto, Kiyoshi
AU - Shimoyama, Isao
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We have investigated the mechanism of a bristled wing of thrips by using an artificial cantilever-based wing. Five kinds of the artificial bristled wing, which had the similar size of the thrips wing, with a different hair gap were evaluated in a wind tunnel. Experiment results suggested that at low hair-gap-based Reynolds number (<10), the bristled areas of the wing acted as an imaginary airflow block, which increased the aerodynamic force. Meanwhile, this phenomenon did not occur at high Reynolds number (>100).
AB - We have investigated the mechanism of a bristled wing of thrips by using an artificial cantilever-based wing. Five kinds of the artificial bristled wing, which had the similar size of the thrips wing, with a different hair gap were evaluated in a wind tunnel. Experiment results suggested that at low hair-gap-based Reynolds number (<10), the bristled areas of the wing acted as an imaginary airflow block, which increased the aerodynamic force. Meanwhile, this phenomenon did not occur at high Reynolds number (>100).
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2013.6474166
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2013.6474166
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875414798
SN - 9781467356558
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 21
EP - 24
BT - IEEE 26th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2013
T2 - IEEE 26th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2013
Y2 - 20 January 2013 through 24 January 2013
ER -