Structural analysis of a dragonfly wing

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.

Volumn 67, Issue , 2010, Pages 1323-1334

  Jongerius, S R ^a,b   Lentink, D ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Dragonfly; FEM; Inertia; Insect wing; Micro CT scan; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE; ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; DOWNSTROKES; DRAGONFLY; FINITE ELEMENT SOLVER; FLAPPING FREQUENCY; FLAPPING WING; IN-VACUUM; INERTIA; INERTIAL LOADS; INSECT WINGS; MICRO CT; NATURAL VIBRATION; SHELL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ASYMMETRY; THICKNESS VARIATION; WING DEFORMATION;

ABAQUS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIBRATING CONVEYORS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960053955     PISSN: 10466789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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