Measurement of unsteady fluid dynamic forces for a mechanical dragonfly model

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2475-2480

  Yamamoto, Manabu ^a,c   Isogai, Koji ^b,d,e  

^a TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NIPPON BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Stamping Engineering Division   (Japan)

^d Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (Japan)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOVERING FLIGHT; MECAHNICAL FLAPPING; WING CONFIGURATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WINGS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 29544433420     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15899     Document Type: Article

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