A biologically inspired computational study of flow past tandem flapping foils

35th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Akhtar, I ^a,b   Mittal, R ^a  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); NUMERICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CARTESIAN GRID METHODS; COMPLEX MOVING BOUNDARIES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; THRUST AUGMENTATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85087596659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-4760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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