Unsteady forces on an accelerating plate and application to hovering insect flight

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 509, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-21

  Pullin, D I ^a   Wang, Z Jane ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOLUTIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; POWER-LAW;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC FORCE; BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; DRAG; FLOW SEPARATION; VORTEX SHEET;

EID: 3142642800     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004008821     Document Type: Article

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