The effect of chord-wise flexibility on the aerodynamic force generation of flapping wings: Experimental studies

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4207-4212

  Zhao, Liang ^a   Huang, Qingfeng ^a   Deng, Xinyan ^a   Sane, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic performance; Flexural stiffness; Insect flight; Wing flexibility; Wing veins

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; INSECT FLIGHT; WING FLEXIBILITY; WING VEINS;

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

WINGS;

EID: 70350389363     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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