Conceptual design of flapping-wing micro air vehicles

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Whitney, J P ^a   Wood, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; WING;

EID: 84859916952     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/3/036001     Document Type: Article

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