Resumen
The combined ceiling and ground effect on the aerodynamics of a hovering flapping wing is investigated using numerical simulations. In the simulations, the wing was located between the ceiling and the ground. Simulations were carried out for different wall clearances at two Reynolds numbers (????
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= 10 and 100). Special efforts were paid to whether there exists aerodynamic coupling between the ceiling effect and the ground effect. At ????
R
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= 10, the combined ceiling and ground effect increases the aerodynamic forces monotonically through two effects, namely the narrow-channel effect and the downwash-reducing effect. Additionally, there exists a coupling effect of the ceiling and the ground for the combined case at ????
R
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= 10, where the force enhancement of the combined effect is much more significant than the sum of the ceiling-only effect and the ground-only effect. At ????
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= 100, the combined effect of ceiling and ground causes three non-monotonic force regimes (force enhancement, reduction and recovery) with increasing wall clearance. The narrow-channel effect at ????
R
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= 100 leads to a monotonic force trend, while the downwash-reducing effect results in a non-monotonic force trend. The two effects eventually lead to the three force regimes at ????
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= 100. Unlike the ????
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= 10 case, the coupling effect at ????
R
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= 100 is small.