Unsteady aerodynamic forces of a flapping wing

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1137-1150

  Wu, Jiang Hao ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Delayed stall; Flapping wing; Force coefficients; Insect; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROTATION; WING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 1942476846     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00868     Document Type: Article

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