Morphing aircraft concepts, classifications, and challenges

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5388, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-224

  Jha, Akhilesh K ^a   Kudva, Jayanth N ^a  

^a NextGen Aeronautics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SURFACES; MORPHING AIRCRAFT; TWISTING;

ACTUATORS; EMPENNAGES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FRICTION; FUSELAGES; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 10044252375     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.544212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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