Vortex dynamics in near wake of a hovering hawkmoth

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hikaru, Aono ^a   Wei, Shyy ^b   Hao, Liu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BREAK-UP; CIRCULAR VORTEX; FLAPPING WING; NEAR WAKE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; VORTEX DYNAMICS; VORTEX RINGS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; WAKES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 78149428711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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