Low-reynolds-number aerodynamics of a flapping rigid flat plate

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 806-823

  Trizila, Pat ^a,c   Kang, Chang Kwon ^a,c   Aono, Hikaru ^a,c   Shyy, Wei ^a,c   Visbal, Miguel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; COMBINED EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES; FLAT PLATE; FLUID PHYSICS; FREE-STREAM; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NAVIER STOKES; POWER PERFORMANCE; POWER REQUIREMENT; STATIONARY WING; SURROGATE MODELING; TIME-AVERAGED; TIP VORTEX; VORTEX GENERATION; WAKE INTERACTIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW CONTROL; KINEMATICS; LIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79953099422     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050827     Document Type: Article

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