Approximate aeroelastic modeling of flapping wings in hover

AIAA Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 567-583

  Gogulapati, Abhijit ^a   Friedmann, Peretz P ^a   Kheng, Eugene ^a   Shyy, Wei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AEROELASTIC MODELING; AEROELASTIC MODELS; AEROELASTIC RESPONSE; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; NONLINEAR AEROELASTIC MODELS; NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; UPDATED LAGRANGIAN METHOD;

AERODYNAMICS; ANISOTROPY; DYNAMIC MODELS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WINGS;

AEROELASTICITY;

EID: 84875339845     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051801     Document Type: Article

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