Membrane wing aerodynamics for micro air vehicles

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 425-465

  Lian, Yongsheng ^a   Shyy, Wei ^a   Viieru, Dragos ^a   Zhang, Baoning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV);

WINGS;

EID: 0142119311     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-0421(03)00076-9     Document Type: Review

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