Optimization of aeroelastic flapping motion of thin airfoils in a biplane configuration for maximum thrust

Collection of Technical Papers - 37th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1758-1766

  Kaya, Mustafa ^a,b   Tuncer, Ismail H ^a,c,d   Jones, Kevin D ^b,c,d   Platzer, Max F ^b,c,d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dept of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

AEROELASTIC COUPLING; ELASTIC JOINT; STIFFNESS COEFFICIENT; TORSIONAL SPRING;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 35648947814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-4340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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