Influence of wing flexibility on the stability of flapping flight

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Richter, Maximilian N ^a   Patil, Mayuresh J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; STABILITY;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; INTEGRATED MODELING; LAGRANGE'S EQUATION; LOW-ORDER FINITE ELEMENTS; PERIODIC SOLUTION; POTENTIAL-FLOW THEORY; QUALITATIVE STUDY; STABILITY/INSTABILITY;

RIGID WINGS;

EID: 85085719805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-7631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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