Numerical simulation of a flapping foil with chordwise or spanwise flexibility

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2448-2457

  Zhu, Qiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Structural Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR THIN-PLATE MODEL; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 36048971374     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28565     Document Type: Article

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