Aerodynamics of a heaving airfoil in ground effect

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1168-1179

  Molina, Juan ^a,b   Zhang, Xin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Institute for Industry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED MASS; AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; ANGLES OF ATTACK; FREE-STREAM; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; HEAVING MOTION; LOW FREQUENCY; MEAN DISTANCES; MEDIUM FREQUENCIES; PERIODIC PATTERN; QUASI-STATIONARY; REDUCED FREQUENCY; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; GROUND EFFECT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 79957740974     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050369     Document Type: Article

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