Design of a flapping quad-winged micro air vehicle

Collection of Technical Papers - 37th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1725-1734

  Nicholson, B ^a,b   Page, S ^a,b   Dong, H ^a,b   Slater, J ^a,b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; WIND TUNNELS;

CRANK SHAFT; DEFORMATION PATTERNS; REAL DRAGONFLY WINGS; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 35649017610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-4337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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