Lift enhancement of a rectangular wing undergoing a small amplitude plunging motion

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Calderon, D E ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Gursul, I ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

ANGLES OF ATTACK; LIFT ENHANCEMENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; OPTIMAL FREQUENCY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PEAK FREQUENCIES; RECTANGULAR WINGS; SHEDDING FREQUENCIES;

LOW ASPECT RATIO WINGS;

EID: 78649833034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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