Effects of ipsilateral wing-wing interactions on aerodynamic performance of flapping wings

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dong, Haibo ^a   Liang, Zongxian ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FLAPPING WING; PHASE DIFFERENCE; WING AERODYNAMICS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 78649819540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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