Experimental kinematics and dynamics of butterflies in natural flight

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chakravarthy, Animesh ^a   Albertani, Roberto ^a   Gans, Nicholas ^b   Evers, Johnny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION;

FLIGHT SCENARIOS; FLIGHT TRAJECTORY; KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL CORRELATION; MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL; NATURAL FLIGHT; POST PROCESSING; VISION TRACKING SYSTEMS;

FREE FLIGHT;

EID: 77957788474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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