On mathematical modelling of insect flight dynamics in the context of micro air vehicles

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Zbikowski, Rafał ^a   Ansari, Salman A ^a   Knowles, Kevin ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL DIFFICULTIES; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; MOMENT MEASUREMENTS; NONLINEAR OSCILLATION; PERIODIC CHARACTERS; SENSORY-MOTOR SYSTEMS; SOLUTIONS OF NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EXPERIMENTS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; KINEMATICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; MOTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; WING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33846483896     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/2/R02     Document Type: Review

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