title: Unsteady two-dimensional theory of a flapping wing.
abstract: An analytical evaluation of the hydrodynamic force on a single flapping wing is presented, based on the two-dimensional inviscid theory, with the addition of an attached leading-edge vortex. The explicit expression of the force is given and compared with some of the measurements by Dickinson et al. [Science 284, 1954 (1999)] and Sane and Dickinson [J. Expl. Biol. 204, 2607 (2001)] for a fruit fly model wing.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física del Plasma, INFIP-CONICET, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Minotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000502:physiology*