Flight characteristics of shaping the membrane wing of a micro air vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-137

  Abdulrahim, Mujahid ^a,b   Garcia, Helen ^a,b   Lind, Rick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUSELAGES; MANEUVERABILITY; TORQUE; WINGS;

GROUND STATIONS; LATERAL DYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; MORPHING STRUCTURES;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 13844276851     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.4782     Document Type: Article

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