Wing structure and the aerodynamic basis of flight in bats

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 372-381

  Swartz, Sharon M ^a,c   Iriarte Diaz, Jose ^a,c   Riskin, Daniel K ^a,c   Song, Arnold ^b,c   Tian, Xiaodong ^b,c   Willis, David J ^b,c   Breuer, Kenneth S ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEHICLE DESIGN; WING STRUCTURE;

GROUND VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; MACHINE DESIGN; MAMMALS; MANEUVERABILITY; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250849760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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