Aerodynamic and functional consequences of wing compliance

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 873-882

  Mountcastle, Andrew M ^a   Daniel, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLOWS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BEAT FREQUENCIES; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; DOMINANT PLANES; ELASTIC FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLAPPING FLIGHTS; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLIGHT FORCES; HIGH-TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; INERTIAL LOADS; INSECT WINGS; MANDUCA SEXTA; NATURAL VARIATIONS; WING DEFORMATIONS; WING STIFFNESS;

AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

WINGS;

EID: 67349272348     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-008-0607-0     Document Type: Article

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