Microflyers: Inspiration from nature

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8686, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sirohi, Jayant ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Low reynolds number; Mechanical Samara; Micro air vehicle; Microflyer; Nano air vehicle; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; FLAPPING-WING; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MECHANICAL SAMARA; MICROFLYER; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; FIXED WINGS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 84878349431     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2011783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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