Role of skin friction drag during flow-induced reconfiguration of a flexible thin plate
@article{Bhati2017RoleOS, title={Role of skin friction drag during flow-induced reconfiguration of a flexible thin plate}, author={Awan Bhati and Rajat Sawanni and Kaushik Dattatraya Kulkarni and Rajneesh Bhardwaj}, journal={Journal of Fluids and Structures}, year={2017}, volume={77}, pages={134-150} }
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