A study of flexible airfoil aerodynamics with application to micro aerial vehicles

28th Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Shyy, Wei ^a   Smith, Richard ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRACKING (POSITION);

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; FREESTREAM CONDITIONS; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; MOVING BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; PASSIVE/ACTIVE CONTROL;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 78049491016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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