Stability and power optimality in time-periodic flapping wing structures

53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stanford, Bret ^a   Beran, Philip ^a   Snyder, Richard ^a   Patil, Mayuresh ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE ELEMENT METHODS; FLEXIBLE FLAPPING WINGS; FLOQUET MULTIPLIER; LINEARIZED STABILITY; NON-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM; OPEN-LOOP STABILITY; SHOOTING METHODS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS;

PLANFORMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WINGS;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 84871004914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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