Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicle Applications [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809688803321
• Autore: Mueller Thomas J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2000
• ISBN: 1-60086-665-4; 1-60086-446-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (595 p.)
• Collana: Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics ; ; v.195
• Disciplina: 629.1 s 629.133/36
• Soggetti: Aerodynamics; Drone aircraft; Micro air vehicles; Ornithopters; Mechanical Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 An Overview of Micro Air Vehicle Aerodynamics""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Fixed Wing Vehicles""; ""III. Flapping Wing Vehicles""; ""IV. Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""Part I. Fixed Wing Aerodynamics""; ""Chapter 2 Higher-Order Boundary Layer Formulation and Application to Low Reynolds Number Flows""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Curvilinear Coordinates and Equations""; ""III. Equivalent Inviscid Flow""; ""IV. Entrainment Equation and Viscous/Inviscid Coupling""; ""V Integral Momentum and Kinetic Energy Equations""""VI. Turbulent Transport Equation""; ""VII. Real Viscous Flow Profiles""; ""VIII. Profile Families""; ""IX. Higher-Order Corrections""; ""X. High-Order Panel Method""; ""XI. Viscous/Inviscid System Formulation""; ""XII. Results""; ""XIII. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Analysis and Design of Airfoils for Use at Ultra-Low Reynolds Numbers""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Computational Analysis Methods""; ""III. Flowfield Assumptions""; ""IV. Grid Topology""; ""V. Comparison with Experiment""; ""VI. Effects of Reynolds Number and Geometry Variations on Airfoil Performance""""VII. Airfoil Optimization""; ""VIII. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Adaptive, Unstructured Meshes for Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations for Low-Chord-Reynolds-Number Flows""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Approach""; ""III. The Finite Element Approximation""; ""IV. Fluid Solver""; ""V. Grid Generation and Adaptive Refinement""; ""VI. Results""; ""VII. Database Validation""; ""VIII. Ongoing Work""; ""IX. Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Wind Tunnel Tests of Wings and Rings at Low Reynolds Numbers""""I. Introduction""; ""II. Effect of Aspect Ratio and Planform on the Aerodynamic Lift and Drag""; ""III. Effect of Low Reynolds Numbers on the Lift and Drag of Ring Airfoils""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Effects of Acoustic Disturbances on Low Re Aerofoil Flows""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Experimental Arrangements""; ""III. Results""; ""IV. Discussion""; ""V. Potential Use of Sound to Improve Performance""; ""VI. Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 Aerodynamic Characteristics of Low Aspect Ratio Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers""""I. Introduction""; ""II. Apparatus""; ""III. Procedures""; ""IV. Uncertainty""; ""V. Flow Visualization""; ""VI. Discussion of Results""; ""VII. Vortex-Lattice Method""; ""VIII. Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Systematic Airfoil Design Studies at Low Reynolds Numbers""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Design Process""; ""III. Parametric Studies in Airfoil Design""; ""IV. Summary and Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9 Numerical Optimization and Wind-Tunnel Testing of Low Reynolds Number Airfoils""