Fluid-structure interaction in compliant insect wings

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Eberle, A L ^a   Reinhall, P G ^a   Daniel, T L ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

finite element methods; fluid structure interaction; insect flight; vortex particle methods; wing flexibility

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; AIR; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STIFFNESS;

AEROELASTIC STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; INSECT FLIGHT; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; STRUCTURAL RESONANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VORTEX PARTICLE METHOD; WING FLEXIBILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; FRICTION; INSECT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FRICTION; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WING;

EID: 84901412038     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025005     Document Type: Article

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