Tezduyar, Tayfun E.2013-07-242013-07-242013-07-242013-07-242012-122013-07-24December 2Puntel, Anthony. "Computational Aerodynamics Modeling of Flapping Wings With Video-Tracked Locust-Wing Motion." (2013) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71680">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71680</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71680The thesis focuses on special space--time computational techniquesintroduced recently for computational aerodynamics modeling of flapping wings of an actual locust. These techniques complement the Deforming-Spatial-Domain/Stabilized Space--Time (DSD/SST) formulation, which is the core computational technique. The DSD/SST formulation was developed for flows with moving interfaces, and the version used in the computations is "DST/SST-VMST," which is the space--time version of the residual-based variational multiscale (VMS) method. The special space--time techniques are based on using NURBS basis functions for the temporal representation of the motion of the locust wings. The motion data is extracted from the high-speed video recordings of a locust in a wind tunnel. In addition, temporal NURBS basis functions are used in representation of the motion of the volume meshes computed and also in remeshing. These ingredients provide an accurate and e fficient way of dealing with the wind tunnel data and the mesh. The thesis includes a detailed study on how the spatial and temporal resolutions influence the quality of the numerical solution.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Micro aerial vehicleBio-inspired flappingLocustAerodynamicsSpace-time techniquesNURBSThesis2013-07-24123456789/ETD-2012-12-204