Sectional lift coefficient of a flapping wing in hovering motion

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Kweon, Jihoon ^a   Choi, Haecheon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFT; WAKES; WINGS;

FLAPPING WING; HOVERING MOTIONS; LIFT COEFFICIENT; LIFT FORCE COEFFICIENTS; ROTATION CENTERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TIME-AVERAGED; WINGTIP VORTEX;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77955631569     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3471593     Document Type: Article

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