Measurement of unsteady aerodynamic force of 3d flapping wing in hovering to forward flight

ICAS Secretariat - 26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences 2008, ICAS 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 800-810

  Nagai, Hiroto ^a   Isogai, Koji ^b   Hayase, Toshiyuki ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Forward flight; Hovering; Insect; Unsteady aerodynamic forces

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING WING; FORWARD FLIGHT; HOVERING; INSECT; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMIC FORCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84879528640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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