Effect of phasing of rotation on delayed stall in flapping flights related to MAVs at Re=104

38th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gopalakrishnan, Pradeep ^a   Tafti, Danesh K ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); VORTEX FLOW;

ADVANCE RATIO; AVERAGE VALUES; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FORWARD FLIGHT; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; SPANWISE FLOW; TIME VARIATIONS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

ROTATION;

EID: 78049497765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-4301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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