2021 journal article
Finite wing lift during water-to-air transition
Physical Review Fluids, 6(5).
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
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Added: May 13, 2021
We report the experimental investigation of lift generation by an initially submerged aspect ratio 4 wing that translates through the water-air interface. Many animals, such as flying fish and diving seabirds, use wings or fins to produce lift forces as they transit the water-air interface, and cross-domain underwater-aerial vehicles were recently demonstrated, but lift production of a wing egressing from water had not yet been quantified. Our results show that the lift history is markedly different for low egress velocities versus high egress velocities, with low velocities exhibiting a large oscillation in lift coefficient and high velocities exhibiting a more linear lift attenuation.