On the roles of chord-wise flexibility in a flapping wing with hovering kinematics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 659, Issue , 2010, Pages 94-115

  Eldredge, Jeff D ^a   Toomey, Jonathan ^a   Medina, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

flow structure interactions; swimming flying; vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; DRAG; FLEXIBLE WINGS; KINEMATICS; LIFT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; COUPLED SIMULATION; FLOW-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; PARAMETRIC SURVEYS; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SWIMMING/FLYING;

RIGID WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS; BENDING; DRAG; KINEMATICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STIFFNESS; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 77957126451     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010002363     Document Type: Article

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