A multidisciplinary experimental study of flapping wing aeroelasticity in thrust production

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wu, Pin ^a   Ifju, Peter ^a   Stanford, Bret ^a   Sällström, Erik ^a   Ukeiley, Lawrence ^a   Love, Robert ^a   Lind, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AVIATION; DATA HANDLING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN AIDS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTIC WAVES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLAPPING MECHANISMS; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; REINFORCED STRUCTURES; SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS;

AEROELASTICITY;

EID: 84855624331     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-2413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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