Design, aerodynamics and autonomy of the DelFly

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  De Croon, G C H E ^a   Groen, M A ^b   De Wagter, C ^b   Remes, B ^b   Ruijsink, R ^b   Van Oudheusden, B W ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; WING;

EID: 84861362277     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/2/025003     Document Type: Article

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