Numerical analysis of unsteady flow in the weis-fogh mechanism by the 3D discrete vortex method with GRAPE3A

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-102

  Ro, Kideok ^a   Tsutahara, Michihisa ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIFT; PRESSURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

VORTEX STICK METHOD; WEIS-FOGH MECHANISM;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0031097512     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2819125     Document Type: Article

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