Experimental and numerical fluid-structure analysis of rigid and flexible flapping airfoils

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1959-1974

  Bansmer, Stephan ^a,b   Radespiel, Rolf ^a,b   Unger, Ralf ^a,c   Haupt, Matthias ^a,c   Horst, Peter ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Fluid Mechanics   (Germany)

^c Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FLAPPING AIRFOILS; FLUID-STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLE; MEAN FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REDUCED FREQUENCY; STEREOSCOPIC PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STRUCTURAL SOLVER; TRANSITION PREDICTION; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; WING FLEXIBILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GALERKIN METHODS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIGID STRUCTURES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 77957116885     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050158     Document Type: Article

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