Experimental investigation of a flapping wing model

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 945-961

  Hubel, Tatjana Y ^a   Tropea, Cameron ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIXED WINGS; FLAPPING WINGS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW CONDITIONS; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FORCE BALANCE MEASUREMENTS; FORCE GENERATIONS; GAIN INSIGHTS; MODEL SIZES; PARTICLE-IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PERPENDICULAR PLANES; PIV MEASUREMENTS; REDUCED FREQUENCIES; RESEARCH STUDIES; THREE COMPONENTS; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSVERSE VORTICES; UNSTEADY EFFECTS; VERTICAL FORCES;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES;

WINGS;

EID: 67349259186     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-008-0599-9     Document Type: Article

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