Parametric structural modeling of insect wings

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mengesha, T E ^a   Vallance, R R ^a   Barraja, M ^a   Mittal, R ^b  

^a 801 22nd Street NW ^*  (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRIC MODELS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; PARAMETRIC MODELING; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; STRUCTURAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

CICADA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEMIPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

EID: 70350520014     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/4/3/036004     Document Type: Article

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