Lift enhancement at low Reynolds numbers using pop-up feathers

39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schlüter, Jörg U ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; LIFT ENHANCEMENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 78449256515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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