Computational study of 3-D flapping foil flows

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Ramamurti, Ravi ^a   Sandberg, William ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DRAG; WINGS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; GRID REFINEMENT; OSCILLATING WING; THRUST GENERATION; TRANSLATION MOTION; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

EID: 85085401733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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