A computational fluid dynamics study of a 2D airfoil in hovering flight under ground effect

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-141

  Pereira, J M C ^a   Maia, N A R ^a   Pereira, J C F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dragonfly hovering; Ground effect; Insect flight; Vortices

Indexed keywords

2D AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLAT PLATE; FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONS; FORCE RECOVERY; GENERAL-PURPOSE SOLVERS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES; INSECT FLIGHT; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; MESH MOVEMENT; MOVING MESH TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERIODIC BEHAVIOR; REFERENCE DATA; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VIRTUAL MODELS;

AIRFOILS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; GROUND EFFECT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 76449113963     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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