Numerical analysis of the s1020 airfoils in tandem under different flapping configurations

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-207

  Lim, K B ^a   Tay, W B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airfoils; Flapping; Immersed boundary; Ornithopter; Tandem

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING; FLAPPING WING; HIGH EFFICIENCY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; LIFT COEFFICIENT; ORNITHOPTER; PHASE ANGLES; PHASE DIFFERENCE; TANDEM; TANDEM ARRANGEMENT; THRUST COEFFICIENTS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE FLOW;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 77956612092     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-009-0302-2     Document Type: Article

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