Simulation of flow about flapping airfoils using finite element incompressible flow solver

AIAA journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-258

  Ramamurti, Ravi ^a   Sandberg, William ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLAPPING AIRFOILS;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 0034819209     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1320     Document Type: Article

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