An Introduction to Flapping Wing Aerodynamics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107037267)

This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers interested in the aerodynamics, structural dynamics, and flight dynamics of small birds, bats, and insects, as well as of micro air vehicles (MAVs), which present some of the richest problems intersecting science and engineering. The agility and spectacular flight performance of natural flyers, thanks to their flexible, deformable wing structures as well as to outstanding wing, tail, and body coordination, is particularly significant. To design and build MAVs with performance comparable to natural flyers, it is essential that natural flyers' combined flexible structural dynamics and aerodynamics are adequately understood. The primary focus of this book is to address the recent developments in flapping wing aerodynamics. This book extends the work presented in Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Flyers (Shyy et al. 2008).

Author: Wei Shyy, Hikaru Aono, Chang-Kwon Kang
ISBN-10: 1107037263
ISBN-13: 9781107037267
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2013
Pages: 313
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 10.40h x 7.10w x 0.90d