Numerical and experimental study of the fluid dynamics of a flapping wing with low order flexibility

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Toomey, Jonathan ^a   Eldredge, Jeff D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WATER TANKS; WINGS;

CANONICAL PROBLEMS; COUPLED BODIES; FLAPPING WING FLIGHT; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TORSION SPRINGS; VISCOUS VORTEX PARTICLES; WING STRUCTURES;

ROTATION;

EID: 48849110632     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2956372     Document Type: Article

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