Flapping-wing propulsion for a micro air vehicle

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Jones, K D ^a   Duggan, S J ^a   Platzer, M F ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SMOKE; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AEROELASTIC TAILORING; COMPOSITE MODELS; FLAPPING WING; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SEPARATED FLOWS; THRUST MEASUREMENT;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 85087605877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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