Experimental study on aerodynamic characteristics of unsteady wings at low reynolds number

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2526-2536

  Okamoto, M ^a,c   Azuma, A ^b,c,d  

^a Wakayama Technical High School   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENT; WIND TUNNEL;

METHOD OF MOMENTS; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 29544449439     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14813     Document Type: Article

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