On the aerodynamic characteristics of hovering rigid and flexible hawkmoth-like wings

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1263-1291

  Lua, K B ^a   Lai, K C ^a   Lim, T T ^a   Yeo, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AIR VEHICLE; BENCHMARK DATABASE; COMBINED EFFECT; CRITICAL STIFFNESS; CRITICAL VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLAPPING MOTION; FORCE GENERATION; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; INSECT WINGS; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LIFT COEFFICIENT; NUMERICAL STUDIES; REDUCED FREQUENCY; SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; STIFFNESS CONSTANTS; TWO STAGE; UPPER SURFACE; WAKE VORTEX; WING FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIFT; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REYNOLDS NUMBER; STIFFNESS; VORTEX FLOW;

RIGID WINGS;

EID: 78650593101     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-010-0873-5     Document Type: Article

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