Unsteady forces on an accelerating plate and application to hovering insect flight

DOI10.1017/S0022112004008821zbMath1163.76329OpenAlexW2137091937MaRDI QIDQ4659641

D. I. Pullin, Z. Jane Wang

Publication date: 21 March 2005

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004008821

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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