Numerical study of kinematic wing models of hovering insect flight

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 5782-5799

  Bos, F M ^a,b   Lentink, D ^a,c   Van Oudheusden, B W ^a,b   Bijl, H ^a,b,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MODELS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FORCE CONTROL; KINEMATICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; KINEMATIC MODELS; NAVIER STOKES SIMULATIONS;

WINGS;

EID: 34347273398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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