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Elastodynamic model for flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle

Xin Fang1, Jianghao Wu1, Feng Du1

  • 1School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
|September 22, 2021
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Keywords:
elastodynamic modelfinite element methodflapping angleflapping-wing micro air vehiclekineto-elastostatic

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