Influence of the wake of a flapping wing on the production of aerodynamic forces

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 411-418

  Wu, Jianghao ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD analysis; Flapping; Insect; Unsteady aerodynamics; Wing wake interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; KINEMATICS; LIFT; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) ANALYSIS; FLAPPING WING; INSECT; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; WING/WAKE INTERACTION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 30044445962     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-005-0064-4     Document Type: Article

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