Biologically inspired design of small flapping wing air vehicles using four-bar mechanisms and quasi-steady aerodynamics

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 809-816

  Madangopal, Rajkiran ^a   Khan, Zaeem A ^a   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; DESIGN; DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION;

FLAPPING WING; MICRO AIR VEHICLE; RIGID BODY DYNAMICS;

WINGS;

EID: 23044458525     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1899690     Document Type: Article

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