Thrust performance of a flexible low-aspect-ratio pitching plate

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Dai, Hu ^a   Luo, Haoxiang ^a   de Sousa, Paulo J S A Ferreira ^a   Doyle, James F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

DEFORMATION MODES; ELASTIC PLATE; FLEXIBLE PLATES; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; LOW ASPECT RATIO; POWER EFFICIENCY; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; WAKE TRANSITION;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84868626630     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4764047     Document Type: Article

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