The design and micromachining of an electromagnetic MEMS flapping-wing micro air vehicle

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Meng, Kun ^a   Zhang, Weiping ^a   Chen, Wenyuan ^a   Li, Hongyi ^b   Chi, Pengcheng ^a   Zou, Caijun ^a   Wu, Xiaosheng ^a   Cui, Feng ^a   Liu, Wu ^a   Chen, Jinge ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; FLAPPING TEST; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; INHERENT FREQUENCIES; KINETICS ANALYSIS; LIGA-LIKE PROCESS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; STEPPING STONE; SU-8 PHOTORESIST;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTORESISTS; PROPULSIVE WING AIRCRAFT;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 84856019654     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-011-1388-6     Document Type: Article

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