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

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-389

  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

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; SPEED; VEHICLE SPRINGS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; INERTIA FORCES; MECHANICAL BIRD; STEADY FLIGHT; WING MOTIONS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34248336237     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2429696     Document Type: Article

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