An experimental and numerical study of Calliphora wing structure

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.

Volumn 67, Issue , 2010, Pages 1183-1197

  Ganguli, R ^a   Gorb, S ^b   Lehmann, F O ^c   Mukherjee, S ^a,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Calliphora; Finite element method; Flexural rigidity; Mass per unit length; Micro air vehicle; Natural frequency; Torsional rigidity

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORA; FINITE ELEMENT; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; MASS PER UNIT LENGTH; TORSIONAL RIGIDITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

RIGID WINGS;

EID: 79960065281     PISSN: 10466789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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