Flexible flapping airfoil propulsion at zero freestream velocity

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2196-2204

  Heathcote, S ^a,b   Martin, D ^a,b   Gursul, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FREQUENCIES; KINEMATICS; LIGHT TRAILERS; PHASE METERS; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FORCE MEASUREMENTS; FREESTREAM VELOCITY; PHASE ANGLES; PLUNGING MOTION;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 9744240934     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5299     Document Type: Article

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