Actively bending flapping wings characterization

F. Bouard(1,2), L. Thomas(1), T. Jardin(2), L. David(1)

1: Université de Poitiers, ISAE-ENSMA, CNRS UPR 3346, Institut PPrime, 11 Bld. M. et P. Curie, TSA 41123, Poitiers cedex 9, 86073, France
2: ISAE-SUPAERO, Université de Toulouse, 10 Av. Edouard Belin, Toulouse cedex 4, 31055, France

The Free-Stream Anemometer: A laser-Doppler system for the reliable assessment of the aerodynamic performance of surface vehicles

B. Tanguay(1), P. Cottin(2), S. Cochard(3)

1: Aerodynamics Laboratory, National Research Council Canada
2: formerly from Institut National d’Optique (INO¶ ), Québec, Canada
3: Aerodynamics, thermodynamics and acoustics dept., Stadler Rheintal AG, Switzerland

Experimental investigation of transient inflow and wake response of a low-Reynolds two-bladed propeller

Y. Lecomte(1,2), M. Ratz(1,3), C. Schram(1), M.A. Mendez(1,3,4)

1: Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
2: Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis, University Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
3: Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Laboratory, University Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
4: Experimental Aerodynamics and Propulsion Lab, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain