A numerical and experimental investigation of flapping-wing propulsion in ground effect

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Jones, K D ^a   Castro, B M ^a   Mahmoud, O ^a   Platzer, M F ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; GROUND EFFECT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SMOKE; WAKES;

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PLANE CONFIGURATIONS;

WINGS;

EID: 85088761030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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