A computational study of flow entrainment over a stationary/flapping airfoil combination in tandem

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Tuncer, Ismail H ^a   Lai, Joseph C S ^b   Platzer, Max F ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SEPARATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FLAPPING AIRFOILS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW REATTACHMENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMIC LOAD; UNSTEADY FLOWFIELDS;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 84983121623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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