Recent progress in flapping wing aerodynamics and aeroelasticity

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 284-327

  Shyy, W ^a   Aono, H ^a   Chimakurthi, S K ^a   Trizila, P ^a   Kang, C K ^a   Cesnik, C E S ^a   Liu, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC WAVES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLOW STRUCTURE; LIFT; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; FLIGHT TRAJECTORY; INFORMATION GATHERING; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; SCALING INVARIANCE; VORTICAL FLOW STRUCTURES;

AEROELASTICITY;

EID: 77955926831     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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