Development of a kinematical model to study the aerodynamics of flapping-wings

International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-88

  Roccia, Bruno ^a,b   Preidikman, Sergio ^b   Massa, Julio ^b   Mook, Dean ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SPACE; AERIAL VEHICLE; BODY ORIENTATION; COMPLEX TRAJECTORIES; HOUSE-FLIES; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; KINEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FLIGHT; PLANE ORIENTATION; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; THRUST GENERATION;

AERODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80052316070     PISSN: 17568293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1756-8293.3.2.61     Document Type: Article

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