Numerical simulations of membrane wing aerodynamics for micro air vehicle applications

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 865-873

  Lian, Yongsheng ^a,b,c   Shyy, Wei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AERODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE WING AERODYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV); NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 24144461210     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5909     Document Type: Article

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