Stroke plane angle controls leading edge vortex in a bat-inspired flapper

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 340, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 95-106

  Koekkoek, Gide ^a,b   Muijres, Florian T ^a   Johansson, L Christoffer ^a   Stuiver, Melanie ^a,b   van Oudheusden, Bas W ^b   Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bat flight; Bio inspired robot; Leading edge vortex; Micro air vehicle

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT; KINEMATICS; ROBOTICS; VORTEX;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE;

EID: 84856228355     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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