TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shyy,W.
TI  - Aerodynamics of low Reynolds number flyers
T2  - Cambridge aerospace series
SN  - 9780511551154 (ebook)
AV  - TL570 .S49 2008
U1  - 629.132/3 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Ornithopters
KW  - Birds
KW  - Flight
KW  - Insects
KW  - Bats
KW  - Reynolds number
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Fixed, rigid-wing aerodynamics -- Flexible-wing aerodynamics -- Flapping-wing aerodynamics
N2  - Low Reynolds number aerodynamics is important to a number of natural and man-made flyers. Birds, bats, and insects have been of interest to biologists for years, and active study in the aerospace engineering community, motivated by interest in micro air vehicles (MAVs), has been increasing rapidly. The focus of this book is the aerodynamics associated with fixed and flapping wings. The book considers both biological flyers and MAVs, including a summary of the scaling laws which relate the aerodynamics and flight characteristics to a flyer's sizing on the basis of simple geometric and dynamics analyses, structural flexibility, laminar-turbulent transition, airfoil shapes, and unsteady flapping wing aerodynamics. The interplay between flapping kinematics and key dimensionless parameters such as the Reynolds number, Strouhal number, and reduced frequency is highlighted. The various unsteady lift enhancement mechanisms are also addressed
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551154
ER  -