Wing flexibility effects in clap-and-fling

2011-09-12
Perçin, Mustafa
Van Oudheusden, Bas W.
Scarano, Fulvio

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Citation Formats
M. Perçin, B. W. Van Oudheusden, and F. Scarano, “Wing flexibility effects in clap-and-fling,” 2011, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/79256.