Mechanisms influencing the efficiency of oscillating airfoil propulsion

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1695-1702

  Young, John ^a,b,c   Lai, Joseph C S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Center for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT)   (Australia)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVISCID METHODS; PITCHING; UNSTEADY PANELS; VORTEX FORMATION;

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX SHEDDING;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 34547586705     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27628     Document Type: Article

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