Fig. 3. Two-stroke flapping motions near the optimum. (A) 1/P*
vs
d for steady motion (black), two-stroke motion composed
of a gliding downstroke followed by a vertical upstroke (green), and
two-stroke motion composed of the same gliding stroke followed by a near
optimal lift-generating upstroke (red). (B) The near optimal down- and
upstrokes. Ai, Bi, airfoil NACA2414 at Re
3x105;
Aii, Bii, plate at Re
103.