Modeling and simulation of nonlinear dynamics of flapping wing micro air vehicles

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 969-981

  Orlowski, Christopher T ^a,b   Girard, Anouck R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELING; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; BODY MASS; CONTROL ANALYSIS; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; INERTIAL COUPLING; INERTIAL EFFECT; MASS EFFECTS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; RIGID BODY; SIMULATION RESULT;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; DYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); RIGID WINGS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79955413067     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050649     Document Type: Article

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