Oscillating-Wing Power Generator

Offer:
That replies to this thread or topic be with a focus the study made by Kevin D.
Jones and Scott Davids. I also invite that the discussion enter the reference
to wingmill studies by McKinney and DeLaurier. Then perhaps some of us will
bring in a discussion of the flipper-wing of Dave Santos, if such is cousin to
the wingmill of the subject paper.

Jones, K.D., Davids, S. and Platzer, M.F.,
"Oscillating-Wing Power Generator,"
ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference,
San Francisco, CA, July 18-23, 1999.

Full copy of the six page paper:
http://aa.nps.edu/~jones/publications/pdf/asmefedsm99-7050.pdf
or the same link made into a Tiny URL:
http://tinyurl.com/OscillatingWingPowerGeneration

ABSTRACT
Numerical and experimental methods are described for the
investigation of an oscillating-wing generator or wingmill. The
numerical approach applies a previously developed, unsteady, in-
compressible panel method incorporating a non-linear, deform-
ing wake model to compute the unsteady flow about an airfoil
undergoing specified pitch and plunge motions. An experimental
model is described which can duplicate much of the parameter-
space available to the panel method. Numerical results are pre-
sented demonstrating configurations that yield high efficiencies.
Results are compared to the wingmill experiments of McKinney
and DeLaurier.