An experimental study of flexible membrane airfoils at low Reynolds numbers

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tamai, Masatoshi ^a   Murphy, Jeffery T ^a   Hu, Hui ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIRFOIL STALL; ANGLES OF ATTACK; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCOMING FLOWS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PIV MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MEMBRANES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 78049506040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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