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Fig. 8. Lift coefficients per wing at a Reynolds number of 8 are plotted as
functions of time for the fling half-strokes shown in
Fig. 7A,B. The bar at the top
of the graph shows the number of chord lengths traveled. The first peak in the
lift coefficients corresponds to the large lift forces generated during wing
rotation. The second peak in the lift coefficients corresponds to the period
of translational acceleration. The lift forces per wing are on average about
35% greater during translation after clap and fling than during the steady
translation of a single wing with no clap and fling (this average was taken
over the fraction of the stroke from 0.37 to 1, after rotation had
finished).
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