On the quasi-steady aerodynamics of normal hovering flight part II: Model implementation and evaluation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Nabawy, Mostafa R A ^a   Crowther, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flapping wings; Hovering; Optimum kinematics; Quasi steady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; KINEMATICS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; WINGS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC MODELING; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; FLAPPING WING; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; HOVERING; MODEL IMPLEMENTATION; QUASI-STEADY AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT; FORCE; FORELIMB; INSECT; KINEMATICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLAPPING WINGS; FLYING; HOVERING; OPTIMUM KINEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUASI-STEADY AERODYNAMICS;

FLAPPING WINGS; HOVERING; OPTIMUM KINEMATICS; QUASI-STEADY AERODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896910624     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1197     Document Type: Article

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