The influence of fin rigidity and gusts on the force production in fishes and insects: A computational study

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 419-429

  Ramamurti, Ravi ^a   Sandberg, William C ^a   Löhner, Rainald ^b  

^a Lab for Comp Phys/Fluid Dynamics   (United States)

^b SCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHES; INSECTS; UNSTEADY DYNAMICS;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; RIGIDITY; UNSTEADY FLOW; WINGS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 2942705978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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