The influence of airfoil kinematics on the formation of leading-edge vortices in bio-inspired flight

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 823-833

  Rival, David ^a   Prangemeier, Tim ^a   Tropea, Cameron ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; FORMATION PROCESS; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; PARTICLE-IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PINCH OFFS; REDUCED FREQUENCIES; VORTEX FORMATIONS; VORTEX STRENGTHS;

AIRFOILS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KINEMATICS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 67349172589     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-008-0586-1     Document Type: Article

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