Computation of Low Reynolds number flexible flapping wing aerodynamics using overlapping grids

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chandar, Dominic D J ^a   Damodaran, M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; DEFORMATION; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLOW SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VORTEX FLOW;

DYNAMIC INTERACTION; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; FLEXIBLE FLAPPING WINGS; GEOMETRIC CONSERVATION LAWS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; OVERLAPPING GRIDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78549263028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-1273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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