Can Scalable Design of Wings for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Be Inspired by Natural Flyers?

Lift production is constantly a great challenge for flapping wing micro air vehicles (MAVs). Designing a workable wing, therefore, plays an essential role. Dimensional analysis is an effective and valuable tool in studying the biomechanics of flyers. In this paper, geometric similarity study is firs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yanghai Nan, Bei Peng, Yi Chen, Zhenyu Feng, Don McGlinchey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9538328