Shape, lift, and vibrations of highly compliant membrane wings

43rd Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Waldman, Rye M ^a   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; MEMBRANES; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; FREE-STREAM VELOCITY; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEMBRANE VIBRATIONS; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; THEORETICAL MODELING; VORTEX INTERACTIONS;

LOW ASPECT RATIO WINGS;

EID: 85088186189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-3177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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