Micro-air-vehicles: Can they be controlled better?

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 419-429

  Gad el Hak, M ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHAOS THEORY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MICROACTUATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSENSORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WINGS;

CHAOTIC MIXING; CONTROL SURFACES; FLOW SEPARATION; LIFTING SURFACES; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0035335567     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2807     Document Type: Article

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