Revisiting the aerodynamics of hovering flight using simple models

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 623, Issue , 2009, Pages 121-148

  Hsieh, Cheng Ta ^a,b   Chang, Chien C ^a,b   Chu, Chin Chou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; VORTICITY; WINGS;

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FORCE DECOMPOSITION; HOVERING FLIGHTS; HOVERING MOTIONS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

LIFT;

AERODYNAMICS; FLY; MODELING; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND PROFILE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA;

EID: 65649132309     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200800503X     Document Type: Article

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