On aerodynamic modelling of an insect-like flapping wing in hover for micro air vehicles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1791, 2002, Pages 273-290

  Zbikowski, Rafal ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Indicial methods; Insect flight; Micro air vehicles; Polhamus's leading edge suction analogy; Unsteady wing theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

EID: 0037083573     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2001.0930     Document Type: Article

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