Lift and thrust characteristics of flapping wing Micro Air Vehicle (MAV)

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4035-4045

  Muniappan, A ^a,b   Baskarand, V ^a,b   Duriyanandhan, V ^a,b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING MECHANISM; FLAPPING WING PROPULSION; MICRO AIR VEHICLE;

ASPECT RATIO; JETS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 30744433903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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