Morphing wings for unmanned aircraft

Smart Materials Bulletin

Volumn 2001, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 7-12

  Pettit, Greg W ^b   Robertshaw, Harry H ^b   Inman, Dan J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345861197     PISSN: 14713918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-3918(01)80076-9     Document Type: Article

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