Optimization of wing kinematics for hovering MAVs using calculus of variation

12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Taha, Haithem E ^a   Hajj, Muhammad R ^a   Nayfeh, Ali H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AVIATION; CALCULATIONS; KINEMATICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); OPTIMIZATION;

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; FINITE DIMENSIONAL; FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLE; INFINITE DIMENSIONAL; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POWER CONSTRAINTS; QUASI-STEADY AERODYNAMICS;

WINGS;

EID: 85087535332     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-5694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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