Flexible flapping airfoil propulsion at low reynolds numbers

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1066-1079

  Heathcote, S ^a,b,c   Gursul, I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE ANGLES; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCY; THRUST COEFFICIENTS;

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; FLOW FIELDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 34249329204     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25431     Document Type: Article

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