Experimental and numerical study of forward flight aerodynamics of insect flapping wing

AIAA Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 730-742

  Nagai, Hiroto ^a   Isogai, Koji ^b,d   Fujimoto, Tatsumi ^b,d   Hayase, Toshiyuki ^c,e  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Laboratory of Spacecraft Environment Interaction Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^e Institute of Fluid Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE RATIOS; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC MECHANISMS; DOWNSTROKE; FLAPPING WINGS; FORWARD FLIGHTS; MECHANICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLANE ANGLES; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES; TIME HISTORY; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMIC FORCES; WATER TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; MECHANISMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS;

WINGS;

EID: 62149090236     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39462     Document Type: Article

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