Aerodynamics of small vehicles

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2003, Pages 89-111

  Mueller, Thomas J ^a   DeLaurier, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixed wing; Flapping wing; Low Reynolds number; Small unmanned vehicles

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WAKES; WINGS;

ASPECT RATIO (AR);

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VEHICLE;

EID: 0042176897     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.35.101101.161102     Document Type: Article

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