An investigation into the use of springs and wing motions to minimize the power expended by a mechanical pigeon for steady flight

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 7 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 383-392

  Issac, K Kurien ^a,b   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; FLIGHT SPEEDS; MECHANICAL BIRDS; SIMPLE HARMONIC;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33244465594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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