Flexible wings and fluid-structure interactions for micro-air vehicles

Flying Insects and Robots

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-157

  Shyy, W ^a   Lian, Y ^a   Chimakurthi, S K ^a   Tang, J ^a   Cesnik, C E S ^a   Stanford, B ^b   Ifju, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; AIR; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; FIXED WINGS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; RIGID STRUCTURES; RIGID WINGS; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WINGS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; FLAPPING WING; FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT; FREE STREAM; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITIES; THRUST GENERATION; VORTICAL FLOWS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 84875901120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89393-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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