Unsteady aerodynamic model of flapping wings

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1435-1440

  Vest, Michael S ^a,b   Katz, Joseph ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept Aerosp Eng Eng Mechanics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MODELS; WINDS;

EID: 0029809242     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13250     Document Type: Article

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