Vortexlet models of flapping flexible wings show tuning for force production and control

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mountcastle, A M ^a   Daniel, T L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC MECHANISM; COMPLIANT STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERIODIC OSCILLATION;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS;

DEFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; WING;

EID: 78649716401     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/5/4/045005     Document Type: Article

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