Global optimization of actively morphing flapping wings

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-228

  Ghommem, Mehdi ^a   Hajj, Muhammad R ^a   Mook, Dean T ^a   Stanford, Bret K ^b   Beran, Philip S ^b   Snyder, Richard D ^b   Watson, Layne T ^c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Flapping wings; Global optimization; Unsteady vortex lattice method

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHAPE; AVERAGE VALUES; DESIGN POINTS; DESIGN SPACES; DESIGN VARIABLES; DETERMINISTIC GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; FLAPPING WING; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; INVISCID FLOWS; LIFT COEFFICIENT; MORPHING; OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; UNSTEADY VORTEX-LATTICE METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DESIGN; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; KINEMATICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84864091754     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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