A computational study of flexible wing ornithopter flight

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Roget, Beatrice ^a,c,d   Sitaraman, Jayanarayanan ^a,c,d   Harmon, Robyn ^b,d   Grauer, Jared ^b,d   Conroy, Joseph ^b,d   Hubbard, James ^b,d   Humbert, Sean ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; FLEXIBLE WINGS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; REYNOLDS EQUATION; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CURVILINEAR GRIDS; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; HORIZONTAL FORCES; PREDICTION ACCURACY; REYNOLDS AVERAGED; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 85067317184     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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