Flows around two airfoils performing fling and subsequent translation and translation and subsequent clap

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-117

  Sun, Mao ^a   Yu, Xin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clap; Fling; Navier Stokes simulation; Translation; Two airfoils

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

CLAP; FLING; TOW AIRFOILS; TRANSLATION;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 0042467843     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02487671     Document Type: Article

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