Resonance and propulsion performance of a heaving flexible wing

DOI10.1063/1.3177356zbMath1183.76353arXiv0906.2804OpenAlexW3103584075MaRDI QIDQ5304664

Sébastien Michelin, Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith

Publication date: 18 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.2804

zbMATH Keywords

vorticeswakesresonanceshear modulusaerodynamicsflexible structuresexternal flowspropulsionaerospace components

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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