Measurement of thrust and lift forces associated with drag of compliant flapping wing for micro air vehicles using a new test stand design

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-735

  Mueller, D ^a   Bruck, H A ^a   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic model; Compliant flapping wing design; Lift measurement; MAV; Thrust measurement

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AIR BEARING; COMPLIANT FLAPPING WING DESIGN; DOWNSTROKES; DRAG FORCES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; FLAPPING MOTION; FLAPPING WING; G-LOADS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY OPERATION; LIFT FORCE; MODEL PREDICTION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; TEST STANDS; THRUST MEASUREMENT; WING DESIGN;

AERODYNAMICS; DESIGN; DRAG; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MEASUREMENTS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); TESTING;

RIGID WINGS;

EID: 77953869100     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-009-9270-5     Document Type: Article

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