Active rigidity smart joint for a bat-wing micro air vehicle

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 10 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 231-242

  Manzo, Justin E ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; LANDING; MANEUVERABILITY; ACTUATORS; CAMBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); RIGIDITY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ACTIVE RIGIDITY SMART JOINT; BIOLOGICAL SHAPE CHANGE; EXTERNAL LOADING; FLIGHT EFFICIENCY; MORPHING AIRCRAFTS; MORPHING STRUCTURES; RESISTIVE HEATING; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SKELETAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

AIRCRAFT; RIGID WINGS;

EID: 44349113473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-43065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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