Numerical simulation of flapping wings using a panel method and a high-order Navier-Stokes solver

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1296-1316

  Persson, P O ^a   Willis, D J ^b   Peraire, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian; Discontinuous Galerkin; Flapping flight; Navier Stokes; Panel method

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; FLAPPING FLIGHT; NAVIER STOKES; PANEL METHODS;

DESIGN; GALERKIN METHODS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SEPARATION;

PLANFORMS;

EID: 84857367928     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3288     Document Type: Article

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