| In the development of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (MAV), the need for research in the field of flapping-wing flight is evident. One tool which can give insight into this field is flow visualization. The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a qualitative and quantitative presentation of the flow-field created by a MAV. This was accomplished using smoke flow visualization and hot-wire anemometry. The results have indicated that strong leading-edge vortices and the clap-fling effect are the high-lift mechanism of a MAV. |
