The development of elastodynamic components for piezoelectrically actuated flapping micro-air vehicles

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 611-615

  Cox, Adam ^a   Monopoli, Daniel ^a   Cveticanin, Dragan ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastodynamic; Flapping flight; Ornithopter; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERFORMANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ELASTODYNAMIC; PIEZOELECTRICALLY ACTUATED FLAPPING MICRO-AIR VEHICLES;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 0042849121     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1106/104538902032463     Document Type: Article

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