Three-dimensional averaged flow and wing deformation around flexible flapping wings

39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sällström, Erik ^a   Ukeiley, Lawrence ^a   Wu, Pin ^a   Ifju, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STIFFNESS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; FLAPPING WING; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; LEADING EDGE; NUMBER OF LAYERS; PHASE-AVERAGED VELOCITY; PLANFORM; SPANWISE LOCATIONS; STEREOSCOPIC PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; VELOCITY FIELD; WING DEFORMATION; WING FLAPPING;

CARBON FIBERS; DEFORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; LOCATION; PLANFORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLEXIBLE WINGS;

EID: 77955926420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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