Wing kinematics and aerodynamics of a hovering flapping micro aerial vehicle

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Prosser, Daniel ^a   Basrai, Taher ^b   Dickert, Jason ^b   Ratti, Jayant ^c   Crassidis, Agamemnon ^a   Vachtsevanos, George ^c  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DESIGN EFFORT; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLAPPING WING; FLUID FLOW; HIGH-LIFT GENERATION; LIFT AND DRAG; LIGHT WEIGHT; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; PAY LOAD CAPACITY; WING KINEMATICS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); VEHICLES;

LIFT;

EID: 79955750735     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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