Paper Title
Prediction of Propulsion in a Flapping Rectangular Plate

Abstract
The present study focuses on a real flapping insect wing is mimicked by utilizing a fluid-structure interaction system. The aerodynamic forces on the plate are determined by an in-house fluid solver that utilizes a novel translating continuous-grid-block model using a multiple-relaxation time variant of the lattice Boltzmann method. The key parameters expected to play a significant role in self-propulsion are the flapping Reynolds number (Ref), plate thickness to chord ratio (, non- dimensional amplitude or Keulegan-Carpenter number (KC) and non-dimensional frequency or Stokes number (β). Numerical simulations are performed on a self-propelled flapping rectangular plate to understand the impact of these parameters on the breaking of symmetry that leads to the onset of propulsion. Keywords - Lattice Boltzmann Method, Numerical Simulations, Self-Propelled Flapping Rectangular Plate