Design of a six-link mechanism for a micro air vehicle

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Mukherjee, S ^a   Sanghi, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Flapping wing mechanism; Kinematic inversion technique; Kinematics; Lift generating mechanism; MAV; Micro air vehicle; Weis fogh mechanism

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GYROSCOPES; INVERSE KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY CONTROL;

FLAPPING-WING MECHANISM; KINEMATIC INVERSION TECHNIQUE; LIFT-GENERATING MECHANISM; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV);

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 4944228678     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.54.2040     Document Type: Article

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