Leading edge vortex stability in a flapping model hummingbird wing

38th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Swanton, Erik W M ^a   Vanier, Blake A ^a   Mohseni, Kamran ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING MODELS; FLAPPING MOTION; HIGH FREQUENCY; HOT FILM SENSORS; HOT-FILM ANEMOMETRY; LEADING EDGE; LEADING-EDGE VORTEX STABILITY; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR SENSOR; SIGNAL OUTPUT; SPANWISE FLOW;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTICITY;

SENSORS;

EID: 78049524617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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