ESPCI web site
Bio-inspired swimming and flying : Vortex dynamics and fluid/structure interaction
Canonical examples of flapping flight and undulatory swimming are explored using simplified experimental models as a starting point. This allows for the discussion of some fundamental questions related to the physics of bio-inspired locomotion at "intermediate’’ Reynolds numbers. In particular, we address the strong fluid-structure interactions that arise in these problems, where we have focused on : simplified models of flapping foils in hydrodynamic tunnel experiments, especially in the dynamics of vorticity in the wake of an oscillating foil ; mechanical models of flapping flyers with flexible wings in a self-propelled configuration, as well as novel experimental models of undulatory swimming.
Jury for the HDR defence :
- Frédéric Boyer (École de Mines de Nantes)
- Jérôme Casas (Université de Tours)
- Matthias Heil (University of Manchester)
- Maurice Rossi (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
- Lionel Schouveiler (Université Aix-Marseille)
- Geoffrey Spedding (University of Southern California)
Manuscript available here