Numerical analysis of heaving flexible airfoils in a viscous flow

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2773-2779

  Pederzani, J ^a,b   Haj Hariri, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTESIAN GRID; FLEXIBLE AIRFOILS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 33751210062     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.21203     Document Type: Article

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