Analysis of biplane flapping flight with tail

42nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tay, W B ^a   Bijl, H ^a   Van Oudheusden, B W ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING FLIGHT; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; RELATIVE DISTANCES;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; EFFICIENCY; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 84881259764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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