Unsteady three-dimensional viscous flow simulation of a dragonfly hovering

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2053-2059

  Isogai, Koji ^a,b   Fujishiro, Shun ^a,b   Saitoh, Taku ^a,b   Yamamoto, Manabu ^a,b   Yamasaki, Masahide ^a,b   Matsubara, Manabu ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Aeronautics ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BINARY CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VISCOUS FLOW; WINGS;

AIR DENSITY; CARTESIAN COORDINATES; DRAGONFLOW HOVERING; TANDEM WINGS;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 7044245730     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6274     Document Type: Article

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