Computational fluid-structure interaction of a deformable flapping wing for micro air vehicle applications

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tang, Jian ^a   Chimakurthi, Satish ^a   Palacios, Rafael ^b   Cesnik, Carlos E S ^a   Shyy, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RIGID WINGS;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; FLUID STRUCTURE COUPLINGS; LARGE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FEM; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; VARIATIONAL PROBLEMS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 46049099105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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