Propulsive force of a flexible flapping thin airfoil

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 465-473

  Gulcat, U ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; BOUNDARY LAYERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; OSCILLATING AIRFOIL; POTENTIAL-FLOW THEORY; SURFACE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL OSCILLATIONS; VISCOUS-INVISCID INTERACTION;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 63349088913     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.35310     Document Type: Article

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