Investigation of aerodynamics relevant to flapping-wing micro air vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - 37th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1735-1747

  Wilkins, P ^a   Knowles, K ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Aeromechanical Systems Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WINGS;

2-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS; FLAPPING-WING MICRO AIR VEHICLES; LEADING-EDGE VORTEX;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 35649018617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-4338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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