Computational modeling of coupled membrane-beam flexible wings for micro air vehicles

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 1021-1035

  Ferguson, Lauren ^a,d   Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan ^a,d   Gordnier, Raymond ^b,e,f   Attar, Peter ^c,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Department of Mathematics and Statistics ^*

^e Air Vehicles Directorate ^*  (United States)

^f AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); MULTIPLE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34547535560     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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