Research Catalog

Title

Fixed and flapping wing aerodynamics for micro air vehicle applications / edited by Thomas J. Mueller.

Publication

Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001.

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Additional Authors

• Mueller, T. J.
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Description

xix, 586 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

This title reports on the latest research in the area of aerodynamic efficency of various fixed-wing, flapping wing, and rotary wing concepts. It presents the progress made by over fifty active researchers in the field.

Series Statement

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 195

Uniform Title

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 195.

Subject

• Ornithopters
• Aerodynamics
• Drone aircraft
• Micro air vehicles
• aerodynamics
• drone airplanes
• Aerodinâmica de aeronaves
• AERODYNAMICS
• VEHICLES
• AEROSPACE VEHICLES
• AIRCRAFT DESIGN

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• An overview of micro air vehicle aerodynamics / Thomas J. Mueller and James D. DeLaurier -- Part I. Fixed wing aerodynamics ; Higher-order boundary layer formulation and application to low Reynolds number flows / Mark Drela -- Analysis design of airfoils for use at ultra-low Reynolds numbers / Peter J. Kunz and Ilan Kroo -- Adaptive, unstructured meshes for solving the Navier-Stokes equations for low-chord-Reynolds-number flows / J. T. Mönttinen, R. R. Shortridge, B. S. Latek, H. L. Reed, and W. S. Saric -- Wind tunnel tests of wings and rings at low Reynolds numbers / E.V. Laitone -- Effects of acoustic disturbances on low [italic]Re[close italic] aerofoil flows / T. M. Grundy, G. P. Keefe, and M. V. Lowson -- Aerodynamic characteristics of low aspect ratio wings at low Reynolds numbers / Gabriel E. Torres and Thomas J. Mueller -- Systematic airfoil design studies at low Reynolds numbers / Michael S. Selig, Ashok Gopalarathnam, Philippe Giguere, and Christopher A. Lyon -- Numerical optimization and wind tunnel testing of low Reynolds number airfoils / Th. Lutz, W. Würz, and S. Wagner -- Unsteady stalling characteristics of thin airfoils at low Reynolds number / Andy P. Broeren and Michael B. Bragg --
• Part II. Flapping and rotary wing aerodynamics ; Thrust and drag in flying birds : applications to birdlike micro air vehicles / Jeremy M.V. Rayner -- Lift and drag characteristics of rotary and flapping wings / C. P. Ellington and J. R. Usherwood -- A rational engineering analysis of the efficiency of flapping flight / Kenneth C. Hall and Steven R. Hall -- Leading-edge vortices of flapping and rotary wings at low Reynolds number / Hao Liu and Keiji Kawachi -- On the flowfield and forces generated by a flapping rectangular wing at low Reynolds number / Richard Ames, Oliver Wong, and Narayanan Komerath -- Experimental and computational investigation of flapping wing propulsion for micro air vehicles / K. D. Jones, T. C. Lund, and M. F. Platzer -- Aerodynamic characteristics of wings at low Reynolds number / Akira Azuma, Masato Okamoto, and Kunio Yasuda -- A nonlinear aeroelastic model for the study of flapping wing flight / Rambod F. Larijani and James D. DeLaurier -- Euler solutions for a finite-span flapping wing / M. F. Neef and D. Hummel -- From soaring and flapping bird flight to innovative wing and propeller constructions / Rudolf Bannasch -- Passive aeroelastic tailoring for optimal flapping wings / Kenneth D. Frampton, Michael Goldfarb, Dan Monopoli, and Dragan Cveticanin -- Shape memory alloy actuators as locomotor muscles / Othon K. Rediniotis and Dimitris C. Lagoudas -- Part III. Micro air vehicle applications ; Mesoscale flight and miniature rotorcraft development / Ilan Kroo and Peter Kunz -- Development of the Black Widow micro air vehicle / Joel M. Grasmeyer and Matthew T. Keennon -- Computation of aerodynamic characteristics of a micro air vehicle / Ravi Ramamurti and William Sandberg -- Optic flow sensors for MAV navigation / Geoffrey L. Barrows, Craig Neely, and Kurt T. Miller.

ISBN

• 1563475170
• 9781563475177

LCCN

2002277203

OCLC

• ocm48628459
• 48628459
• SCSB-9323005

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library