High fidelity computational aeroelastic analysis of a plunging membrane airfoil

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Attar, Peter J ^a   Gordnier, Raymond E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; AIRFOILS; AVIATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN AIDS; DRAG; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; AEROELASTIC COMPUTATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; NONLINEAR STRINGS; STATION-ARY VALUES; TWO-DEGREE OF FREEDOM;

ANGLE OF ATTACK;

EID: 84855627496     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-2472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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