Unsteady aerodynamic forces on small-scale wings: Experiments, simulations and models

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brunton, Steven L ^a   Rowley, Clarence W ^a   Taira, Kunihiko ^b   Colonius, Tim ^b   Collins, Jesse ^c   Williams, David R ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FORCES; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS MODEL; FLAT PLATE; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES; LAMINAR SEPARATIONS; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOW ORDER; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUASI-STEADY; RECTANGULAR PLATES; REDUCED FREQUENCY; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMIC FORCE; UNSTEADY LIFT; VELOCITY FIELD; VORTICAL WAKES; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 78149429115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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