Erratum: Experimental investigation of some aspects of insect-like flapping flight aerodynamics for application to micro air vehicles (Experiments in Fluids (2009) 46 (777-798) DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0661-2);Experimental investigation of some aspects of insect-like flapping flight aerodynamics for application to micro air vehicles

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 777-798

  Ansari, Salman A ^a   Phillips, Nathan ^b   Stabler, Graham ^b   Wilkins, Peter C ^c   Zbikowski, Rafał ^b   Knowles, Kevin ^b  

^a Meggitt PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Insect flight; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Leading edge vortex; Low Reynolds number flow; Micro air vehicles; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

FLAPPING WING; INSECT FLIGHT; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 67349192197     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-011-1059-5     Document Type: Erratum

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