Flow visualization of micro air vehicle scaled insect-based flapping wings

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 385-390

  Tarascio, Matthew J ^a,b   Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a,b   Chopra, Inderjit ^a,b   Leishman, J Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EDDY CURRENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WINGS;

INSECT-BASED FLAPPING-WING MECHANISM; LEADING-EDGE VORTEX (LEV); MICRO AIR VEHICLE; WAKE FLOWFIELD IMAGES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 18144408385     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6055     Document Type: Article

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