Multibody model of an ornithopter

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1675-1679

  Grauer, Jared A ^a,b   Hubbard, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; APPLIED FORCES; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATERIALS MANUFACTURING; MULTI-BODY MODELS; NON-LINEAR CONTROLLERS; NUMBER OF STATE; TREE STRUCTURES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 72149090381     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.43177     Document Type: Article

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