An aeroelastic analysis for the design of insect-based flapping wings

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 617-635

  Singh, Beerinder ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c AHS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THRUST REVERSAL;

AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; ALUMINUM-MYLAR; FLAPPING WINGS; FLAPPING-PITCHING MECHANISMS; THRUST GENERATION;

WINGS;

EID: 34547530297     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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