On unidirectional flight of a free flapping wing

DOI10.1063/1.2148989zbMath1185.76933OpenAlexW2057743948MaRDI QIDQ5755962

N. Vandenberghe, Jun Zhang, Stephen Childress

Publication date: 15 August 2007

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2148989

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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