A numerical study of gust suppression by flapping airfoils

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gopalan, Harish ^a,b   Povitsky, Alex ^a,b  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; KINEMATICS; LIFT; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; HIGH-ORDER COMPACT FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; NON-INERTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PERIODIC DISTURBANCES; PHASE-AVERAGED MEASUREMENTS; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 85067318922     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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