Optimal hovering kinematics of flapping wings for micro air vehicles

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-268

  Khan, Zaeem A ^a   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AERODYNAMIC POWER; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLAPPING MECHANISMS; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; FLAPPING-WING; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; QUASI-STEADY AERODYNAMICS; THORAX MODELS; WING KINEMATICS; WING ROTATION;

AERODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79251552876     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050057     Document Type: Article

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