Shape, structure, and kinematic parameterization of a power-optimal hovering wing

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stanford, Bret ^a   Kurdi, Mohammad ^a,b   Beran, Philip ^a   McClung, Aaron ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; FLEXIBLE WINGS; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC MODELING; AEROELASTIC MODELING; AEROELASTIC RESPONSE; FLEXIBLE FLAPPING WINGS; HOVERING MOTIONS; MECHANICAL FAILURES; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL BEAM;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84855633231     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-2963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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