Kinematic optimization of insect flight for minimum mechanical power

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kurdi, Mohammad ^a   Stanford, Bret ^b   Beran, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECREASE LINEARLY; ELASTIC STORAGE; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; FLAPPING MECHANISMS; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; INERTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS; INSECT FLIGHT; KINEMATIC DESIGNS; KINEMATIC OPTIMIZATION; LOW ORDER; MECHANICAL POWER; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POWER PERFORMANCE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78649873569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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