Numerical analysis of the unsteady force in insect forward flight

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-147

  Zha, Xiong Quan ^a   Lu, Xi Yun ^a   Yin, Xie Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Flapping motion; Thrust and lift; Unsteady flow; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LIFT; METAL FOIL; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

FLAPPING MOTION; INSECT FORWARD FLIGHT; UNSTEADY FORCE; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 33745964021     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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