Nonlinear dynamic analysis of dragonfly-inspired piezoelectric unimorph actuated flapping and twisting wing

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-122

  Mukherjee, Sujoy ^a   Ganguli, Ranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

coupled flapping twisting; dragonfly; micro air vehicle; nonlinear vibration; piezofan; smart material

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LIFT; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); PIEZOELECTRICITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; COUPLED FLAPPING-TWISTING; DRAGONFLY; NON-LINEAR VIBRATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC UNIMORPH; PIEZOFAN; TORSIONAL VIBRATION; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84861919052     PISSN: 19475411     EISSN: 1947542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2011.649804     Document Type: Article

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