Optimization of flapping motion parameters for two airfoils in a biplane configuration

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 583-592

  Kaya, Mustafa ^a,c   Tuncer, Ismail H ^a,c   Jones, Kevin D ^b,c   Platzer, Max F ^b,c  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EFFICIENCY; PARALLEL FLOW; STROUHAL NUMBER;

FLAPPING AIRFOILS; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; FLAPPING MOTION; GRADIENT BASED OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM THRUST; OVERSET GRID; PARALLEL-COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 63349088301     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.38796     Document Type: Article

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