Investigation of Strouhal number effect on flapping wing micro air vehicle

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 5823-5833

  Aditya, K ^a,c   Malolan, V ^b,d,e  

^a MVSR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b ADVANCED SYSTEMS LABORATORY   (India)

^c Cummines College of Engg   (India)

^d Acoustic Emission Group

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; STROUHAL NUMBER;

BALANCE DESIGN; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; WING DESIGN;

WINGS;

EID: 34250836928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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