How wing kinematics affect power requirements and aerodynamic force production in a robotic bat wing

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bahlman, Joseph W ^a,c   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aerodynamic force; bat; flight kinematics; mechanical power; robot

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LIFT; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ADDITIONAL FORCES; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BAT; KINEMATIC MECHANISM; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; KINEMATIC VARIABLES; MECHANICAL POWER; POWER REQUIREMENT;

KINEMATICS;

AIR; AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WING;

EID: 84901464060     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025008     Document Type: Article

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