Flow visualization and force measurements on a hovering flapping-wing MAV 'DelFly II'

39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  De Clercq, Kristien M E ^a   De Kat, Roeland ^a   Remes, Bart ^a   Van Oudheusden, Bas W ^a   Bijl, Hester ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; FLAPPING WING; FLAPPING WING MOTION; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; PIV VISUALIZATION; UNSTEADY LIFT;

WINGS;

EID: 78349271269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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