A collaborative numerical and experimental investigation of flapping-wing propulsion

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Jones, K D ^a   Castro, B M ^a   Mahmoud, O ^a   Pollard, S J ^a   Platzer, M F ^a   Neef, M F ^b   Gonet, K ^b   Hummel, D ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINITE ASPECT RATIO; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; REDUCED FREQUENCY;

WINGS;

EID: 85087600037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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