Wing-wake interaction reduces power consumption in insect tandem wings

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 765-775

  Lehmann, Fritz Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCIES; AERODYNAMIC POWER; AIR VEHICLES; AIRCRAFT DESIGNS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FLIGHT EFFICIENCIES; HIGH-POWER; MANOEUVRABILITY; POWER CONSUMPTION; WAKE INTERACTIONS; WING FLAPPING; WING KINEMATICS; WING LIFTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; BIOMIMETICS; TANKERS (SHIPS); WAKES;

WINGS;

EID: 67349204451     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-008-0595-0     Document Type: Article

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