Multidisciplinary design and prototype development of a micro air vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Rais Rohani, Masoud ^a,b   Hicks, George R ^a,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c Sino Swearingen Aircraft Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (MDO); PENALTY FUNCTION METHOD;

RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032759299     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2429     Document Type: Article

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