Wing design and optimization for a flapping wing micro air vehicle

Annual Forum Proceedings - American Helicopter Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 2022-2032

  Singh, Beerinder ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; WING MODELS; WING MOTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; WINGS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 4143063591     PISSN: 07334249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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