Cameron Urban

Hi Antonios, Thanks for the kind words about my project. I'm familiar with some of the awesome work you and Dr. Jones do at UMD, so it means a lot...

You also make an excellent point regarding LEVs and separated flow! Many animals use stable LEVs to enhance their force production during flapping-wing flight [1]. Other forms of flow separation...

Thank you @antoniosgeme for your insights! Your comments led me to read some papers on modeling LEV separation using potential methods. For this conversation, let's refer to the rotated leading-edge...

One thing I like about Method 1 is that reference 3 validated it with both experimental and CFD data. This validation is shown in figures 8, 10, and 11. Furthermore,...

Regarding Method 2, I was initially unconvinced of its accuracy due to some issues in reference 2 (which I believe implements this technique). Notably, figure 7 shows that a standard...

Finally, I think I found a paper that implements Method 3 [5]! I haven't had time to read it yet, but I thought I'd leave the paper here in case...

> There is definitely nothing to lose by trying out method 1. It should be straight forward to implement (famous last words). However, this is definitely something which would need...

Great! Thanks so much for offering to help out. :smile: In my opinion, the best description of the UVLM is in "Low-Speed Aerodynamics" by Joseph Katz and Allen Plotkin [7]....

Hey @antoniosgeme! How is implementing Method 1 going? Let me know if you need any help or want to discuss any details regarding the code! :smile:

> As you said you are using vortex impulse to calculate the loads and not unsteady bernoulli. This is problematic as method 1 will require the load for each wing...