Chaotic flow generated by an oscillating foil

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 918-921

  Blondeaux, Paolo ^a,c   Guglielmini, Laura ^a,c   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Environmental Engineering Department   (Italy)

^d Department of Ocean Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METAL FOIL; OSCILLATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

CHAOTIC FLOWS; FLAPPING WINGS; OSCILLATING FOILS; VORTICITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 18144428747     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8042     Document Type: Article

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