A computational design framework for flapping micro air vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 14, Issue , 2007, Pages 9373-9391

  Blair, Maxwell ^a,b,c   Parker, Gregory H ^a,c,d   Beran, Philip S ^a,b,c   Snyder, Richard D ^a,b,c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MultiDisciplinary Technology Center   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC INTERACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS; FLAPPING WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; ANIMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

WINGS;

EID: 34347208300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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