《Modeling and Simulation of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles》.pdf

Proceedings of IDETC/CIE 2005 ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences Computers and Information in Engineering Conference Proceedings of IDETC/CIE’2005 September 24-28, 2005, Long Beach, California USA 2005 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences Long Beach, California, USA, September 24-28, 2005 DETC2005-85237 DRAFT DETC2005-85237 MODELING AND SIMULATION OF FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLES Zaeem A. Khan, Graduate Student Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.∗ Mechanical Systems Laboratory Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Systems Laboratory University of Delaware University of Delaware Newark, Delaware 19716 Newark, Delaware 19716 Email: khanza@ Email: agrawal@ ABSTRACT flapping wing configuration a strong candidate for micro air ve- This paper presents modeling and simulation of a flapping