Numerical analysis of flapping wing aerodynamics

Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 16AFMC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1283-1290

  Ashraf, M A ^a   Lai, J C S ^a   Young, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE OF OSCILLATION; CFD ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL DATA; CRITICAL PARAMETER; CURRENT GAP; FLAPPING-WING; NONDIMENSIONAL; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; RECENT PROGRESS; REDUCED FREQUENCY; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; THRUST GENERATION;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; EFFICIENCY; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84856942962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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