Ornithopter Flight Simulation Based on Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-111

  Pfeiffer, Andreas T ^a,b   Lee, Jun Seong ^a   Han, Jae Hung ^a   Baier, Horst ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

flexible multi body dynamics; flight stability; ornithopter; trim flight

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; CENTER OF GRAVITY; CONSTRAINT FORCES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLAPPING-WING; FLEXIBLE MULTI-BODY DYNAMICS; FLEXIBLE PARTS; FLIGHT SIMULATION; FLIGHT SPEED; FLIGHT STABILITY; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATIONS; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; PITCH ATTITUDE; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; STATE VARIABLES; STRIP THEORY; TRIM FLIGHT; TRIMMED FLIGHT; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; ZERO MOMENT POINT;

AIR; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FREE FLIGHT; GAS DYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 77950332982     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(09)60189-X     Document Type: Article

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