Unsteady fluid-structure interactions of membrane airfoils at low Reynolds numbers

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 859-872

  Rojratsirikul, P ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Gursul, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; FRAME RATES; FREE-STREAM VELOCITIES; HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS; LIFTING SURFACES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS; MODE SHAPES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY SYSTEMS; PASSIVE FLOW CONTROLS; RELATIVE LOCATIONS; SEPARATED FLOWS; SEPARATED SHEAR LAYERS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS; SMALL AIRCRAFT; STRONG COUPLINGS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; UNSTEADY FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRFOILS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX SHEDDING;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 67349270086     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0623-8     Document Type: Article

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