Uncovering the physics of flapping flat plates with artificial evolution

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 534, Issue , 2005, Pages 403-409

  Milano, Michele ^a   Gharib, Morteza ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

FLAPPING FLAT PLATES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); TRAJECTORY PARAMETERS; UNSTEADY FORCE GENERATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

FLAT PLATE;

EID: 22244446175     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005004842     Document Type: Article

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