Propulsive performance from oscillating propulsors with spanwise flexibility

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 453, Issue 1963, 1997, Pages 1763-1770

  Liu, P ^a   Bose, N ^b  

^a MMC Engineering and Research   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0012860956     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1997.0095     Document Type: Article

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