Effect of torsional stiffness and inertia on the dynamics of low aspect ratio flapping wings

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xiao, Qing ^a   Hu, Jianxin ^a   Liu, Hao ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

flapping wing; low aspect ratio; torsional spring

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; RHEOLOGY; TORQUE; WING;

EID: 84894542126     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/1/016008     Document Type: Article

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