Power requirements for large-amplitude flapping flight

35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 1-11

  Hall, Kenneth C ^a,b   Pigott, Steven A ^a,b   Hall, Steven R ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PROPELLERS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WINGS;

CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTION; FLAPPING FLIGHT; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; POWER REQUIREMENT; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES; VORTEX LATTICES;

RIGID WINGS;

EID: 84983127765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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