Experimental Investigation of Aerodynamics of Feather-Covered Flapping Wing

Avian flight has an outstanding performance than the manmade flapping wing MAVs. Considering that the feather is light and strong, a new type of the flapping wing was designed and made, whose skeleton is carbon fiber rods and covered by goose feathers as the skin. Its aerodynamics is tested by exper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenqing Yang, Bifeng Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3019640