The thrust and lift of an ornithopter's membrane wings with simple flapping motion

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-119

  Lin, Che Shu ^a   Hwu, Chyanbin ^a   Young, Wen Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Flexible wing; Membrane wing; Ornithopter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WIND TUNNELS;

FLAPPING FREQUENCY; FLAPPING MOTION; FLYING SPEED;

WINGS;

EID: 33644769134     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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