Wing kinematics measurement and aerodynamics of free-flight maneuvers in drone-flies

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-382

  Zhang, Yanlai ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Drone fly; Maneuver; Navier Stokes simulation; Wing kinematics measurement

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; DOWNSTROKES; DRONE-FLY; FRUITFLIES; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; LONG AXIS; MANEUVER; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NAVIER STOKES SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; TIME COURSE; VERTICAL AXIS; WING ANGLE; WING KINEMATICS; WING KINEMATICS MEASUREMENT; YAW MOMENT;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FREE FLIGHT; GAS DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TARGET DRONES;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 77956618886     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-010-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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