Artificial insect wings of diverse morphology for flapping-wing micro air vehicles

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Shang, J K ^a   Combes, S A ^b   Finio, B M ^a   Wood, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION PROCESS; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; FLAPPING-WING FLIGHTS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION; UNPREDICTABLE CHANGES; UNSTEADY MECHANISM;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROPULSIVE WING AIRCRAFT;

MORPHOLOGY;

HEXAPODA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MINIATURIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 70350439669     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/4/3/036002     Document Type: Article

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